Urgent appeal for the Karen Women Organisation: Against the oppression of women and of children
Karen Women Organisation (KWO) is the long-established women’s organization which has worked for decades to ensure the survival of people in the Karen area. KWO is now also providing direct help to many thousands of refugees and people from the cities who have escaped the repression there. KWO is a member of the Women League of Burma which provides support for women of all ethnic groups.
KWO focusses particularly on women and children. KWO is urgently asking for donations to provide food, sleeping mats, mosquito netting, birthing supplies, and basic medicines.
The Global Women’s Strike has met KWO and we are confident that it is best placed to ensure that all aid reaches those who need it most. We have pledged to make a regular monthly donation so that KWO can better plan what help it provides. Any support you can give will help – both one-off donations and a monthly commitment if you are able.
Find out more about the campaign here: https://karenwomen.org/
Join our campaigns: Myanmar Military, Never in Fashion
We’ve been working with trade unions in Burma and No Sweat in the UK on the campaign Myanmar Military: Never in Fashion. The Myanmar military have killed over a thousand people and had thousands more arrested, trade unions have been declared illegal and workers’ are being handed over to the police by factory owners for protesting. International brands must support human rights and pull out of Myanmar until democracy is restored.
Find out more about the campaign here: https://myanmarmilitaryneverinfashion.org/
Buy the No Sweat solidarity tshirt.
F**K the Coup is a T-shirt in support of the All Burma Federation of Trade Unions (ABFTU) in Myanmar/Burma that was oppressed by the military dictatorship.
Printed on No Sweat’s own brand of organic cotton T-shirts – union-made in India and Bangladesh by workers organised by the Tamil Nadu Textile and Common Labour Union (TTCU) and the Bangladesh Garment and Industrial Workers Federation (BGIWF).
https://nosweat.org.uk/product/fk-the-coup-myanmar-solidarity-t-shirt/
Recent News from Burma
Myanmar Military: Never in Fashion – Protest outside H&M, Zara and Primark
Stop doing business with murderous dictators! Protest outside H&M, Zara and Primark Saturday 11 June 2-3pm Oxford Street London Start at H&M, 250 Oxford St, London W1B 2ES, we will march to ZARA,215-219, Oxford St, London W1D 2LG and then Primark, 14-28 Oxford St, London W1D 1AU for a speak-out outside each shop. H&M,…
Women’s organisations internationally must support women in Myanmar
90% of garment workers in Myanmar are women, the primary carers of children and others. Their unions are calling for fashion brands to act urgently and cease all production in Myanmar to weaken the military dictatorship and force it to step down. Over 170 organisations internationally have so far signed our statement in support of…
Urgent appeal for Burma/Myanmar Karen Women’s Organisation
Dear sisters and friends, Burma/Myanmar: Urgent Appeal for Donations We wrote to you at the end of last year asking for donations for the Karen Women’s Organization (KWO) in Burma/Myanmar. We enclose below a report from KWO about their survival work, saving the lives of people fleeing bombing and repression. The population is as determined…
Burma/Myanmar: Urgent Appeal for Donations
We wrote to you at the end of last year asking for donations for the Karen Women’s Organization (KWO) in Burma/Myanmar. We enclose below a report from KWO about their survival work, saving the lives of people fleeing bombing and repression. The population is as determined as ever to continue the resistance against the military takeover. The Global Women’s Strike has met KWO and we are confident that it is best placed to ensure that all aid reaches those who need it most. We have pledged to make a regular monthly donation so that KWO can better plan what help it provides. Any support you can give will help – both one-off donations and a monthly commitment if you are able.
Morning Star: Myanmar military junta: never in fashion
The unions’ message is clear: if international clothing manufacturers are serious about human rights and democracy, they must take their factories out now — or risk funding the the dictatorship, writes LAURA WATSON Anti-coup protesters flash the three-finger sign of defiance during a demonstration in Yangon, Myanmar, April 23 2021 ON THE first anniversary of…
Statement – Myanmar Military: Never in Fashion
On eve of 1st anniversary of military coup in Myanmar, 150+ organisations launch intl statement supporting Myanmar unions call for brands to cease all production there to force the dictatorship to step down. www.myanmarmilitaryneverinfashion.org/ #myanmilitaryneverinfashion Join our webinar 31 January 2022 1-2pm GMT launching the statement. Register here: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_46iRbyU1TP-lzFlAQAJZtw
Webinar – Myanmar military: never in fashion
On the eve of the 1st anniversary of the military coup in Myanmar, we will launch an international statement in support of a call from All Burma Federation of Trade Unions (ABFTU) and the Federation of General Workers Myanmar (FGWM), issued on 3 September 2021, for international brands to cease all production in Myanmar. The…
Burma/Myanmar: Urgent Appeal for Donations
Dear sisters and friends, Burma/Myanmar: Urgent Appeal for Donations We wrote to you earlier this year to ask for your donations for the Karen Women’s Organization (KWO) in Burma/Myanmar, where people are risking their lives every day to oppose a military coup. Since the coup in February 2021, the military has killed over 1000 people,…
Burma/Myanmar: Urgent Appeal for Donations
Dear sisters and friends, Burma/Myanmar: Urgent Appeal for Donations We are writing to ask you to support this appeal for money from the Karen Women’s Organisation (KWO) in Burma/Myanmar where people are risking their lives to oppose a military coup, which overthrew their democratically elected government. The military has killed more than 850 people and…
Please sign & circulate urgent petition in support of women in Burma/Myanmar
Sign the petition: Ask Angelina Jolie and the UN Women to do more to help the women of Myanmar https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/ask-angelina-jolie-and-the-un-women-to-do-more-to-help-the-women-of-myanmar
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