Justice Held Hostage

Date: 15th Dec, 2021 Press release by the Kachin Women’s Association Thailand (KWAT) New KWAT report: climate of impunity fuels military rape in northern Burma

Guarding Profits Not Lives လူ့အသက်ထက် အကျိုးအမြတ်ကိုသာ ကာကွယ်

The Report expose the role of Burma Army in Gwihka mining landslide tragedy and their beneficial ownership of many of the jade companies. ဤအစီရင်ခံစာသည် ဝှေ့ခါ မိုင်းတွင်း မြေပြိုမှုတွင် မြန်မာစစ်တပ်၏ တာဝန်ရှိမှုနှင့်...

Bloodstained Gateways: escalating SAC abuses in northern Burma pave the way for BRI expansion

Date: 9 October 2023 Press release by the Kachin Women’s Association Thailand (KWAT) A new report by the Kachin Women’s Association Thailand (KWAT) links escalating abuses...

Estimating Trafficking of Myanmar Women for Forced Marriage and Childbearing in China

In 2017, the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health’s Center for Humanitarian Health partnered with the Kachin Women’s Association Thailand to conduct a mixed methods study (combining qualitative and quantitative research methods) in...

A Far Cry From Peace: Ongoing Burma Army Offensives and Abuses in Northern Burma...

This report provides an update of the security situation in Kachin areas of northern Burma during the past year, since the November 2015 elections. Despite hopes that the new government led by the National...

KWAT’s 5 Year Activity Report (2014-2018)

This publication is the third activity report of Kachin Women’s Association Thailand (KWAT). Twenty years ago, on 9th September 1999, KWAT was founded by a group of...

Kachin Women’s Association Thailand Activity Report of 2019- 2021

KWAT is happy to share the activities that have been done during 2019 - 2021. Please contact KWAT if you need more information. Download activity report in english version

Silent Offensive: How Burma Army Strategies are Fuelling the Kachin Drug Crisis

This report, based on interviews with Kachin drug users, their family members, drug sellers, and community leaders in eight townships of northern Burma, paints a disturbing picture of the drug crisis in Kachin areas....

State terror in the Kachin hills

In late 2012, the Burma Army intensified military operations against strongholds of the Kachin Independence Army (KIA). This culminated in a massive offensive on the KIA headquarters at Laiza on the China-Burma border starting...

Annual Activity Report 2022 (KWAT)

On KWAT’s 24th Anniversary, we are delighted to share our 2022 annual activities report! This report is a comprehensive compilation of KWAT’s accomplishments, activities, and works we...