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Recent Report

High and Dry

A report by the Shan Women's Action Network (SWAN) and the Shan Sapawa Environmental Organisation. It exposes how local trade and transport across the Shweli River (the Burmese name for the Longjiang) near Muse and Namkham has been crippled by unpredictable daily fluctuations in the water level since the completion of the 110-meter tall Longjiang Dam about 30 kilometers upstream in mid-2010.

The report was published in December 2010.

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Recent Newsletter

SWAN Newsletter #12 - 2012

Standing up as female comedians in Burma
Lessons from Shan State’s deadly earthquake
How ruby-mining made us poor
Exploited in China’s tobacco fields

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Solidarity message from AWID

Dear SWAN Sisters,

From all of us at AWID, I would like to congratulate you on a successful and important 13 years of work. Your work has been an important contribution to the women’s rights movement and promotion of peace, social and political justice for women in Burma. You inspire us all with your courage, determination and capacity to continue the struggle in such difficult circumstances.

Please count on us and we express our solidarity and sisterhood in your struggle for peace, justice and human rights in your country. We join you in celebrating this 13th anniversary!

In solidarity,

Lydia Alpizar and the AWID Team

The Shan Women's Action Network (SWAN)

SWAN is a network of Shan women active in Shan State and Thailand, set up on 28 March 1999. Its mission is to work on gender equality and justice for Shan women in the struggle for social and political change in Burma through community-based actions, research and advocacy.

SWAN is a founding member of the Women’s League of Burma (WLB), an umbrella women’s organization comprising thirteen women’s groups from Burma.SWAN, through its affiliation with local, regional and international women's organizations, establishes common platforms to promote the role of women from Burma in the struggle for democracy and human rights in their country. Read more about SWAN...

Press Release

Communities across Shan State vent frustration at ongoing abuses during peace process

19-12-2012

Communities attending recent public meetings across Shan State vented frustration at ongoing abuses despite the fact that the new peace process has been underway for over a year.

After co-hosting the “Trust Building for Peace Conference” in Rangoon from 26-28 November, initiated by the Shan Nationalities League for Democracy (SNLD) and organized by Shan civil society groups, SWAN members travelled for nearly three weeks to meet communities in Taunggyi, Nongkhio, Kyaukme, Hsipaw, Lashio, Kesee, Hsenwi, Kutkai, Namkham, Muse and Kengtung.

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SWAN’s recent trip to Burma: Trust building for Peace Conference & Public meetings with communities in Shan State

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