Elevating the Status of Refugee Women
By Sarah Matsushita Like many displaced persons, deciding to leave her home was a long and difficult process for Naw Wah. She began thinking about leaving three years before she…
Be a Blessing
By Iona Greta, Student Intern, Women's Capacity Development, from Ateneo de Davao University One of the best things in life is not just making your own dreams come true, but it’s…
Weaving Skills and Hope
By Sarah Matsushita - Income Generation Project volunteer It's the day before the big relaunch of our Mae Sot Fair Trade Shop. Last night the excitement really started to build…
Women in the Periphery Take Center Stage this March 25; A View From An NGO Worker
By Nikos Dacanay The first time I met a WEAVE artisan was in 2009 in Umphiem Mai camp while doing research on WEAVE’s Income Generation Project (IGP). I had crossed…
A Great Step Forward Towards a Better Burma
Graduation Day is that day in anyone’s life where a sudden surge of different emotions come about all at once. It is that day when we recollect on our past experiences, both of hardships and triumph, and hold our heads up high as we stride and culminate our academic achievement. One would think that this particular moment could only possibly be had by those who live normal lives with proper access to education but to have it narrowed down as such would be wrong. Putting things into context, a normal life would constitute having afforded the basic human rights such as rights to proper shelter and education.