The Burden of War (Women bear burden of displacement)

October 19, 2012

Worsening conflict and abuses by Burmese government troops in northern Shan State have displaced over 2,000 Paling villagers from fifteen villages in three townships since March 2011. About 1,000, mainly women and children, remain in three IDP settlements in Mantong and Namkham township, facing serious shortages of food and medicine; most of the rest have dispersed to find work in china.

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Ta’ang Women’s Organization (TWO) was established in Mae Sot, Thailand, in 2000, under the name ‘Palaung Women’s Organization’ (PWO). At the time, women were not actively participating in other Ta’ang organizations due to widely held misconceptions about women’s unsuitability that restricted their access to training, education, skills-building, and leadership roles. PWO’s mandate was to remove some of these barriers and empower women to achieve equality in their communities.

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