Reports – Kachin Women’s Association

KWAT Reports

Sold to China

December 19, 2024

This report, based on interviews with 187 female trafficking…

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

October 9, 2023

KWAT documentation shows an escalation in attacks and abuses…

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

January 10, 2023

KWAT is happy to share the activities that have been done during…

Annual Activity Report 2022 (KWAT)

September 9, 2022

On KWAT’s 24th Anniversary, we are delighted to share…

NEW THREATS FROM THE AIR

June 1, 2022

This report documents ongoing human rights violations, including…

Justice Held Hostage

December 15, 2021

Since June 2021, the military regime has continued deploying…

Deadly reprisals: regime steps up attacks on civilians in retaliation for conflict losses in northern Burma

June 16, 2021

This briefing paper provides an update of human rights violations…

Amid deadly crackdowns on urban protests, regime’s troops commit fresh war crimes in northern Burma

April 2, 2021

Amid deadly crackdowns on urban protests, regime’s troops…

Guarding Profits Not Lives

September 2, 2020

On July 2, 2020, about 300 mine workers died in a deadly landslide…

Seeking Justice

July 15, 2020

At the International Court of Justice on December 11, 2019,…

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.