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Read more about the article 2014 World Refugee Day

2014 World Refugee Day

  • Post author:Virginie Martin-Onraët
  • Post published:June 23, 2014
  • Post category:News/Stories

World Refugee Day is held every year in June 20. According to UNHCR, there are more than 50 million refugees around the world, half of which are women and children. For…

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2014 International Women’s Day

  • Post author:WEAVE
  • Post published:March 8, 2014
  • Post category:News/Stories

On the 8th of March 2014, the International Women’s Day (IWD) will be celebrated worldwide. Women’s Education for Advancement and Empowerment (WEAVE)Foundation has been working for more than twenty years,…

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Sexual Violence in Burma used as a War Weapon

  • Post author:WEAVE
  • Post published:March 4, 2014
  • Post category:News/Stories

In January 2014, the thailand-based Women’s League of Burma (WLB) launched the report “Same Impunity, Same Pattern: Sexual abuses by the Burma army will not stop until there is a…

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Read more about the article WEAVE: Promoting Fair Trade activities in Refugee Camps

WEAVE: Promoting Fair Trade activities in Refugee Camps

  • Post author:WEAVE
  • Post published:December 9, 2013
  • Post category:Stories

7:45am, it is time to meet Mitos Urgel, the executive director of WEAVE: we have a busy day ahead of us. With her traditional hat and embroidered shoes, we can’t…

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Read more about the article Empowering Refugees from Burma, through Education & Craftwork

Empowering Refugees from Burma, through Education & Craftwork

  • Post author:WEAVE
  • Post published:February 2, 2012
  • Post category:Stories

Muga Pado (Big Aunty, literally, in the Karen language) is Karen by ethnicity. and has been one of the pioneer embroiderers of WEAVE’s handicraft project. Muga Pado’s family escaped to Thailand in 1990 from the human rights atrocities perpetrated by the Burmese military junta.

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