As part of our advocacy program KWO regularly releases media statements, calls to action, formal letters, and sometimes joint statements with our network of allies.
Documents are in English or Karen or Burmese language, depending on the target audience.
2 February 2021: The Karen Women’s Organization (KWO) strongly condemns the Burma Army’s shameful coup, arbitrary detainment and arrest of government officials and activists, and continued targeting of innocent civilians […] Read more
28 January 2021: The Karen Women’s Organization (KWO) supports the calls of over 2,000 Karen villagers who demonstrated yesterday and on the 24th of January in Doo Tha Htu District […] Read more
Currently, in Karen state of Burma, Burma Army is intruding Karen territories, indiscriminately fired heavy mortars, injured and killed local Karen communities and causing thousands of peoples to displaced and […] Read more
The Karen Human Rights Group (KHRG) and the Karen Women’s Organisation (KWO) would like to unite their voices in support of the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against […] Read more
21 September 2020: The Karen Women’s Organization (KWO) welcomes International Peace Day by calling for genuine and inclusive peace in Burma. This year’s theme, ‘Shaping Peace Together,’ recognizes the importance […] Read more
14 August 2020: The Karen Women’s Organization (KWO) condemns the arrest of three Karen organizers who were brought to a police station for questioning on Karen Martyrs’ Day in Yangon […] Read more
KWO is reinforcing our call for justice following the murder of Naw Mu Naw, a Karen woman who was shot and killed by two Burma Army soldiers on 16 July 2020. Read more
In recognition of the 70th Karen Martyrs’ Day, KWO sends well wishes to Karen people all around the world, and reminds them to be strong, united and work together for […] Read more
The Karen Women’s Organization (KWO) condemns the brutal murder of a civilian woman, Mu Naw, who was killed at point-blank range in Karen State by two Burma Army soldiers. This […] Read more
