Publications
PWO: Update of human right violations by the Burma Army during offensives in Palaung areas (March and April 2013)
Statement of PWO and TSYO on Current Palaung Situation: English | Burmese Analysis on Current situation at Palaung areas: English | Burmese The Burmese government must immediately end human rights violations, including violence against women, in Palaung areas During the past four months, the Burmese Army has been carrying out fierce…
Swedish Burma Committee Report: Where are the Women?
Download the newly-released report from the Swedish Burma Committee, created in colloboration with WLB and its member organizations. Download PDF: http://bit.ly/13QN68b "If women are not involved in the ceasefire process, and I mean at every step, every level of the process,if women are not participating, the consequences might be a longer…
TWU Press Release: First village ordered out for construction of Dawei Deep Sea Port
Statement by: Tavoy Women's Union Download Press Release PDF: Burmese or English A seaside fishing village of over 15 houses was ordered to move out last week to make way for the planned Dawei Deep Sea Port. Residents of Charkhin Beach village, which has been declared an “illegal” settlement, received an official order on March…
KWAT Press Release: World Must Act to End Burmese Military Aggression Against Kachin
Statement by: Kachin Women’s Association Thailand Download Press Release PDF: English English PDF World must act to end Burmese military aggression against Kachin February 28, 2012 A new report by the Kachin Women’s…
အမ်ဳိးသမီးမ်ားအဖဲြ႕ခ်ဳပ္ (ျမန္မာႏိုင္ငံ) သတၱမအႀကိမ္ညီလာခံထုတ္ျပန္ေၾကညာခ်က္
Burmese PDF: WLB 7th Congress Statement, Feb. 2013 ရက္စဲြ။ ။၂၀၁၃ ေဖေဖာ္၀ါရီလ (၂၇)ရက္ အမ်ဳိးသမီးမ်ားအဖဲြ႕ခ်ဳပ္ (ျမန္မာႏိုင္ငံ) သည္ ၂၀၁၃ ခုႏွစ္၊ ေဖေဖာ္၀ါရီလ (၂၂)…
The Burden of War: Women bear burden of displacement
By: Palaung Women's Organization Publication date: 5 November 2012 Press Statement: Burmese English Worsening conflict and abuses by Burmese government troops in northern Shan State have displaced over 2,000 Palaung villagers from fifteen villages in three townships since March 2011. About 1,000, mainly women and children, remain in…
From Persecution to Deprivation: International donors neglect 60,000 displaced Kachin on China-Burma border
By: Kachin Women's Association Thailand Publication date: October 2012 English About 60,000 Kachin villagers fleeing Burma Army attacks and persecution, who are sheltering in Kachin-controlled territory along the China-Burma border, have received almost no international aid since conflict broke out in June 2011. Data compiled from local…
Ongoing Impunity: Continued Burma Army Atrocities Against the Kachin People
By: Kachin Women's Association Thailand Publication date: June 2012 English | Burmese This report provides an update of atrocities committed by the Burma Army against civilians since it broke its 17-year ceasefire with the Kachin Independence Army (KIA) one year ago. It highlights the particular suffering of women during the conflict, who…
Forgotten Workforce: Experiences of women migrants from Burma in Ruili, China
By: Burmese Women's Union Publication date: 23 February 2012 The report exposes hardship of women migrants from Burma in China. Increasing numbers of Burmese women are toiling to support the booming economy of China’s border town of Ruili under exploitative conditions and no legal protection. English Burma’s continuing political…