Statement on the 11th Congress of KWAT
6th July 2021
The 11th Congress of the Kachin Women’s Association Thailand (KWAT) was held during 24-25-26 June 2021. During the congress, KWAT’s work in 2019 and 2020 was...
“Guarding profits not lives”
Date: 3rd September, 2020
“Guarding profits not lives”: New report exposes Burma Army role in deadly Gwihka landslide
A new report by the Kachin Women’s Association...
Statement on the 10th Congress of the Kachin Women’s Association Thailand
10th March 2019
The 10th Congress of the Kachin Women’s Association Thailand (KWAT) was held in a liberated area near the Thai-Burma Border during 25-26 February 2019. 45 KWAT members attended the congress, including staff...
Myanmar: Human trafficking on China border can only be addressed by ending Burma Army...
Statement on Myanmar’s Anti-Trafficking in Persons Day
September 13, 2018
On Myanmar’s Anti-Trafficking in Persons Day, KWAT urges Burma’s government and the international community to recognize that without an end to Burma Army offensives and war...
Burma Army commits war crimes against Kachin IDPs: blocking access to refuge, using as...
May 15, 2018
Urgent update by the Kachin Women’s Association Thailand (KWAT)
Contrary to claims by Burma Army commanders that they have not targeted civilians in their recent offensives against the Kachin Independence Army (KIA), interviews...
Myanmar: UN Security Council must act to end ongoing crimes against humanity in northern...
4 May 2018
We welcome the UNSC delegation’s historic visit to Burma from April 30 to May 1, 2018, which highlighted the large-scale displacement from northern Rakhine State, but we are disappointed that the UNSC...
Statement from the Ninth Congress of the Kachin Women’s Association Thailand
24th February 2017
The Ninth Congress of the Kachin Women’s Association Thailand (KWAT) was held in a liberated area near the Thai-Burma Border from 20-23 February 2017. 43 members attended the Congress, including staff from...
KWAT’s 17th anniversary denouncing escalating Burma Army offensives to seize control of Kachin State’s...
09 September 29016
On this occasion of the 17th anniversary of KWAT’s founding on September 9, 1999, we wish to express our grave concern at the escalating conflict in our Kachin homelands due to spreading...
The 4th anniversary of the renewal of war in Kachin areas
Statement by the Kachin Women’s Association Thailand (KWAT)
June 9, 2015
The international community must start pressuring the Burmese government to stop its attacks against ethnic peoples
The conflict situation in northern Burma has worsened during 2015....
