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Civil War in Burma, Karen Women in Exile
From: Making Contact
January 24, 2007
Burma is a country run by one of the strictest military juntas in the world. For nearly 60 years, the country has been embroiled in civil war. More than 1 million people have been displaced and hundreds of thousands of ethnic minorities have fled to refugee camps in neighboring Thailand escaping forced labor, rapes, killings and imprisonment. The situation has deteriorated so badly that last September the U.N. Security Counsel added Burma to its formal agenda.
The Karen tribe is the largest ethnic minority in Burma. They continue to fight the junta. They say they will not surrender until there is peace and a separate state for the Karen people. Producer Jack Chance and the international documentary team Outer Voices went to Burma and Thailand to interview refugee activists from the Karen Women’s Organization. This is their story.
This had been a special collaboration with Outer Voices.
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Featuring:
Interviews with Nobel nominees Zipporah Sein and Lydia Tom La as well as several other women activists, observers, humanitarian workers, and refugees.
Senior Producer/Host: Tena Rubio.
Outer Voices Producers: Jack Chance, Stephanie Guyer-Stevens, Barrett Golding and Robin Wise.
Contributing Producer: Emily Polk.
For more information:
Karen Women’s Organization
P.O. Box 19
Mae Sariang, Mae Hong Son Province 58110 Thailand
kwocentral@tttmaxnet.com
Outer Voices
1020 Gravenstein Hwy. S., #150
Sebastopol, CA 95472
415-497-0563; info@outervoices.org
www.outervoices.org
The United Nations High Commission for Refugees
Case Postale 2500
CH-1211 Genève 2 Dépôt Suisse
+41 22 739 8111
www.unhcr.org
The Thailand Burma Border Consortium
TBBC
12/5 Convent Road
Bangrak, Bangkok 10500 Thailand
tbbcbkk@tbbc.org
www.tbbc.org
The Assistance Association for Political Prisoners (Burma)
PO Box 93
Mae Sot, Tak Province 63110 Thailand
aappb@cscoms.com
Burma Issues /The Peace Way Foundation
1/11 Soi Piphat 2 Convent Road
Silom, Bangkok 10500 Thailand
+ 66 (0)2 234 6674; Fax: + 66 (0)2 631 0133
burmaissues@burmaissues.org
www.burmaissues.org
U.S. Campaign for Burma
1444 N Street, NW, Suite A2
Washington, DC 20005
202-234 8022
info@uscampaignforburma.org
www.uscampaignforburma.org
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