Strength of Women Gathering

IWDA Program Manager for the Thai-Burma border, Renae Davies, shares her experience after recently returning from the field where she met with IWDA partner, the Karen Women’s Organisation:

“While most people were celebrating the Easter holiday last week, I was at a celebration of a different kind – in a refugee camp on the Thai Burma border. I was there to honour IWDA’s partner organisation, the Karen Women’s Organisation (KWO), who were commemorating their 25th anniversary.”

As reported by Burma Partnership below, IWDA partners Karen Women’s Organisation and Women’s League of Burma participated in a march and seminar focusing on ending violence against women, on 25th November, the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women.

“On November 25, women from Burma and Thailand gathered in Chiang Mai to mark the 10th anniversary of the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, with a march and seminar on stopping violence against women and families. The Karen Women’s Organisation also held events to raise awareness about violence against women in IDP and refugee camps along the Thai-Burma border.

Partners: Karen Women’s Org.(KWO) & Women’s League of Burma (WLB)
Country: Thai-Burma Border
The Emerging Leaders program on the Thai/Burma border provides young refugee women from ethnic minority groups who have fled
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Partner: Karen Women’s Organisation (KWO)
Country: Mae Ra Moe Luang Refugee camp, Thailand
Educational opportunities for young women having completed the available schooling in refugee camps along the Thai Burma Border are
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