Naw Zipporah Sein

In this Burmese name, Naw is an honorific.

Naw Zipporah Sein is a Karen political activist^[1] and Secretary General of the Karen National Union.^[2] Zipporah Sein was born in 1955 in Kayin State, Burma, and trained as a teacher before fleeing to Thailand in 1995. In From 1998 to 2008, she was the coordinator and executive secretary of the Karen Women's Organization, which describes its mission as helping Karen women refugees.^[3] She has been called a "heroine" by the Political Heroes website.^[4]

References

1. ^ Activist profiles
2. ^ KNU holds its 14th congress
3. ^ Karen Women's Organization
4. ^ Political Heroes

External links

• Biography on the Asian-Eurasian Human Rights Forum
• Zipparh Sein's Facebook Page
• Karen Women's Organization
• 1000 Peace-women: Naw Zipporah Sein.

Persondata
Name	Naw Zipporah Sein
Alternative names	Zipporrah Sein
Short description	Activist/organizer/refugee/teacher
Date of birth	1955
Place of birth	Kayin State, Myanmar
Date of death
Place of death