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...

Ongoing Tatmadaw offensives and impunity for war crimes undermine new Panglong peace initiative

Date: 16th June, 2016 Statement by the Women’s League of Burma The Women’s League of Burma (WLB) is seriously concerned at the Tatmadaw’s recent new offensives and ongoing impunity for war crimes, which are undermining the...

The Unresolved Year-Long Case of the Two Female Teachers of Kawng Hka

19 January 2016 Maran Lu Ra (age 20) and Tangbau Hkwan Nan Tsin (age 21) started working as Kachin Baptist Convention (KBC) volunteer teachers in Kawnghka Village, Muse Township, Northern Shan State, in June 2014....

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....