Shan Women's Action Network
- Shan Women's Action Network
The Shan Women’s Action Network or SWAN, is a network of Shan women active in Shan State and Thailand, working to attain gender equality and achieve justice for Shan women in the struggle for social and political change in Burma.
Through its affiliation with local, regional and international women's organizations, SWAN establishes common platforms to promote the role of women from Burma in the struggle for democracy and human rights in the country.
Set up on 28 March 1999 by a group of Shan women seeking to address the practical and strategic needs of Shan women, SWAN established the informal networks already in place between the various Shan women’s projects, therefore strengthening and supporting them. The network is also a founding member of the Women’s League of Burma (WLB), an umbrella organization comprising of twelve different women’s groups from Burma.
Objectives
The Network’s main objectives are:
* To promote women’s rights and the rights of children.
* To oppose exploitation of and violence against women and children.
* To work together for peace and freedom.
* To empower women for a better life.
* To raise awareness of the importance of preserving natural resources and the environment. The Shan women's network would also be able to coordinate with other women's organizations from Burma, as well as GOs and NGOs working with women locally, nationally and internationally.
Currently the network is engaged in several programs designed to improve the situations of many Shan women, in areas such as education, health, women’s empowerment, crisis support and income generation. [ [http://www.shanwomen.org/ The Shan Women’s Action Network] ]
Publications
* "Dispelling the Myths"
* "A Mockery of Justice"
* "Licence to Rape"
* "Human Rights in Practice: A Guide to Assist Trafficked Women and Children"
* "Shan women at the hands of the Burmese military regime: A story of systematic rape"
* "Let the Salween flow"
* "Building gender equality on the Thai–Burma Border within Burma's exiled opposition movement"
See also
* Women's League of Chinland
* Human Rights in Burma
References
External links
* [http://www.shanland.org/ Shan Herald Agency for News]
* [http://www.shan-orphans.org/ Shan Orphans]
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