Naw Zipporah Sein ( my, နော်စီဖိုးရာစိန်) is a
Karen political activist and former
Vice-President of the
Karen National Union. Zipporah Sein was born in 1955 in
Kayin State
Kayin State ( my, ကရင်ပြည်နယ်, ; kjp, ဖၠုံခါန်ႋကၞင့်, italics=no; ksw, ကညီကီၢ်စဲၣ်, ), also known by the endonyms Kawthoolei and Karen State, is a state of Myanmar. The ca ...
,
Burma, and trained as a teacher before fleeing to
Thailand in 1995. From 1998 to 2008, she was the coordinator and executive secretary of the
Karen Women's Organization
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* Karen (name), a given name and surname
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People
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, which describes its mission as helping Karen women refugees. She has been called a "heroine" by the
Political Heroes
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website.
References
External links
Biography on the Asian-Eurasian Human Rights ForumZipparh Sein's Facebook PageKaren Women's Organization1000 Peace-women: Naw Zipporah Sein.
Burmese activists
Living people
Burmese people of Karen descent
Burmese rebels
Women in war
1955 births
People from Kayin State
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