Reports
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…
Karen Community Based Organizations Release Position Paper on Refugees’ Return
11 September 2012 Today a grouping of Karen Community Based Organizations (KCBOs) released their collective position in response to recent news about the repatriation of refugees. The position paper outlines the pre‐conditions and processes necessary for a successful and voluntary return of refugees from several camps along the…
An Open Letter To Norwegian Ambassador Katja Nordgaard On Myanmar Peace Support Initiative (MPSI) Consultation
Dear Ambassador Nordgaard, At the outset, we state that we welcome Norway’s MPSI. We view such initiative to have the potential of furthering peace processes, especially in the ethnic areas. As such, consider us as peace building actors and we are willing to provide our support where necessary. However, we feel Norway is unable to…