Women Network Meeting
5 October 2016
On September 29th 2016 KNWO staff representatives reunited with other Women Organizations from Myanmar in a networking conference in Yangon. It was the 4th time that women organzations from different states met in this national level conference.
During the meeting, KNWO team presented their work with the safe house to the audience. The focus was on Prevention and Response program. After each organization exposed their work to the public, all participants grouped to discuss their weaknesses and strengths to implement their goals.
Maw Pray Myar speaks about KNWO Safe House Project.
Discussion main focus was the following questions:
- What the best way to achieve justice for women victim of Gender Based Violence is.
- Which actions shall we implement to protect women from violence.
After this activity, the group built a plan to prioritize actions and assign responsibilities. The meeting transcript will generate a report that will be shared with partners and other stakeholders in January 2017.
Karenni National Women's Organization (KNWO) is a non-profit community-based organization. KNWO was founded in 1993 by Karenni women who fled to Thailand seeking asylum from Myanmar's brutal military regime.