KWAT – Kachin Women’s Association

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

March 23, 2025

2 April 2021 Amid deadly crackdowns on urban protests, regime’s…

A Journey of Resilence : 25 years of empowering women – The KWAT Story

September 12, 2024

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…

The attack in Kachin State must prompt UN Security Council’s urgent action against Myanmar military junta

October 8, 2022

UN Security Council must stop deferring to ASEAN and take…

Statement on the 11th Congress of KWAT

July 6, 2021

6th July 2021 The 11th Congress of the Kachin Women’s Association…

Statement on the 11th Congress of KWAT

July 6, 2021

6th July 2021 The 11th Congress of the Kachin Women’s…

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…

20th Anniversary Photo book

September 23, 2019

This photo book is published to remember KWAT’s milestones…

Burma Army commits war crimes against Kachin IDPs: blocking access to refuge, using as human shields and minesweepers, indiscriminate shelling, looting

May 15, 2018

May 15, 2018 Urgent update by the Kachin Women’s Association…

New report exposes systematic cover-up of Myanmar Army involvement in Kachin rape-murder case

July 19, 2016

Press release by the Kachin Women’s Association Thailand (KWAT)…

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.