We are a grassroots organization of Karenni refugee women who have fled to Thailand to escape the multiple atrocities perpetrated by the Burmese military regime.

Over the past 60 years, Burma has been under a despotic government wanting control over the entire ethnic states and the country's resources. The protracted civil war in Burma has escalated to massive killings directed at eradicating ethnic nationalities.

As early as 1989, thousands of Karenni people have left their homeland to seek asylum in the northern border province of Thailand.

Presently two refugee camps in Mae Hong Son province provide temporary settlement to a combined population of 24,009 (KNRC, May 2008 population report) of which 48 percent are women.

Inside the Karenni State, there are at least 80,000 people who are internally displaced. In both areas the list is constantly increasing.

We commit ourselves to uphold human dignity by helping to deliver the essential needs to live.

We strongly support the empowerment of women through equal access to resources and opportunities for building leadership potentials.

We dedicate ourselves to protect our fellow women from all forms of discrimination and to end the vicious cycle of violence against our Karenni people, particularly women and children.