Karen Women's Organisation (KWO)

 


Country

Burma

Organization

Karen Women's Organisation (KWO)

KWO is a community-based organization of Karen women, who for the past 50 years have worked to empower their peers living in refugee camps on the Thailand-Burma border. The organization encourages women to participate in community decision-making and provides relief, development and income-producing skills training to help improve conditions for displaced women and their families.

Project

Women's Resource Centers

To promote women's political participation and leadership through trainings, community organizing and advocacy.

Project Grant Amount $32,000
Total Grants Received $319,740
Years Supported 9
Theme Civil and Political Rights
Population Served Indigenous peoples, Refugees and IDPs, Religious/Ethnic Minorities, Women
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