Network Statements – Page 3 – Kachin Women’s Association

Network Statements

On World Refugee Day, end the ongoing armed conflict, human rights violationsand humanitarian crises in Myanmar

June 19, 2020

Ahead of 20 June, 2020 World Refugee Day, we the 123 undersigned…

Statement on Fighting in Western Burma

April 25, 2020

The World Kachin Congress (WKC), a network of Kachin organizations…

Myanmar: End impunity and violence against ethnic and religious minorities

March 11, 2020

(Geneva/Bangkok/Yangon, 11 March 2020) – The Asian Forum…

World Kachin Congress: Burma Army must drop unfounded charges against Reverend Dr. Hkalam Samson

August 30, 2019

The World Kachin Congress strongly condemns the filing of charges…

Undermining Trust Building: Human Rights Situation During the Northern Ceasefire

July 26, 2019

Screenshot 26 July 2019 For immediate press release In…

Selection Process of New Commissioners for the MNHRC Must be Transparent and Inclusive

July 25, 2019

25 July 2019 We, the 24 organizations of the CSO Working…

Burma/Myanmar: End Marginalization of Displaced Ethnic Communities

June 20, 2019

[Yangon – 20 June, 2019] Refugees and internally…

Statement by the World Kachin Congress on the 8th anniversary of the resumption of civil war

June 9, 2019

Date: June 9th, 2019 Eight years ago today, the Burma Army…

MNHRC Must Take Stand on Extrajudicial Killings of Rakhine Villagers

May 14, 2019

14 May 2019 By CSO Working Group on MNHRC Reform We, the…

Statement of the 10th Congress of Women’s League of Burma

May 2, 2019

(2 May 2019) – The Women’s League of Burma (WLB)…

About Us

The Burmese military has ruled and waged civil war within the territory of the union of Burma for many decades. As a result, Kachin and non-Burman ethnicities have been enduring severe hardship, such as impoverishment, and lack of access to health and education. In 1994, a ceasefire agreement was signed between the Kachin Independence Organization (KIO/A) and the State Peace and Development Council (SPDC), but did not lead to any political negotiation. Instead, the SPDC took advantage of the agreement to start large-scale extraction of natural resources from the territory of Kachin State.