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Naw K’nyaw Paw
Naw K'nyaw Paw is a Karen people, Karen peace activist who works for women's rights in Myanmar. She is the General secretary of the Karen Women’s Organisation, and won an International Women of Courage Award in 2019. Biography Naw K’nyaw Paw was born in Thailand and as a young child grew up in a refugee camp. Her family was forced to flee their home in order to escape persecution. The family joined approximately 110,000 Karen people now living in seven refugee camps that run the length of the Thai- Burma border. In 1999, she began working for the Karen Women’s Organization (KWO), a community-based organization of Karen women working in development and relief in the refugee camps on the Thai border. She was elected as its General Secretary at the 6th Karen Women Organization Conference held in February 2013. She is a strong promoter of capacity buildings and has run many democracy, human rights and women rights trainings for KWO members. She worked hard to take the Karen st ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Naw K’nyaw Paw In 2019
Nav (Croatian language, Croatian, Czech language, Czech, Slovak language, Slovak: ''Nav'', pl, Nawia, russian: Ğавь, sr, Ğав, sl, Navje, uk, Мавка, ''Mavka'' or , ) is a phrase used to denote the souls of the dead in Slavic mythology. The singular form (''Nav'' or ''Nawia'') is also used as a name for an underworld, over which Veles (god), Veles exercises custody—it is often interpreted as another name for the underground variant of the ''Vyraj'' (heaven or paradise). Etymology The words ''nawia'', ''nav'' and its other variants are most likely derived from the Proto-Slavic , meaning "corpse", "deceased". Cognates in other Indo-European languages include Latvian language, Latvian ("death"), Lithuanian language, Lithuanian (“deathâ€), Old Prussian (“body, fleshâ€), Old Russian () (“corpse, dead bodyâ€) and Gothic language, Gothic (, “dead body, corpseâ€).Razauskas, Dainius (2011). “Ryba - mifologiÄeskij Proobraz lodki" [The Fish As a Mythologic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
