Naw Susanna Hla Hla Soe
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Naw Susanna Hla Hla Soe | |
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နော်ဆူဇန်နာလှလှစိုး | |
 Susanna Hla Hla Soe in 2023 | |
| Minister of Women, Youths and Children Affairs of NUG | |
| Assumed office 16 April 2021 | |
| Appointed by | CRPH |
| President | Win Myint |
| Prime Minister | Mahn Win Khaing Than |
| Vice President | Duwa Lashi La |
| Member of the Amyotha Hluttaw | |
| In office 1 February 2016 – 1 February 2021 | |
| Constituency | № 10 of Yangon Region |
| Majority | 172,295[1] |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 18 August 1965[2] Insein Township, Yangon, Myanmar |
| Party | National League for Democracy |
| Children | one (daughter) |
| Alma mater | University of Yangon |
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Naw Susanna Hla Hla Soe (Burmese: နော်ဆူဇန်နာလှလှစိုး), or simply Naw Hla Hla Soe (Burmese: နော်လှလှစိုး), is a Karen zoologist, politician and social activist who mainly focuses on the development of the lives of ethnic Karen women in Burma.[3]
Susanna was born on 18 August 1965 in Insein and got her bachelor's and master's degree in Zoology from the University of Yangon. While she was on her studies, Susanna started as a clerk and later as a project manager at World Vision which promoted her education with leadership workshops and an MBA in NGO leadership from Eastern University, Philadelphia, United States. In 2003, she joined Karen Women's Action Group (KWAG) where she became an executive director in 2010.[4]
When Cyclone Nargis broke out in the Irrawaddy Delta in 2008, Susanna led an emergency relief team to resettle families and rebuild their homes.
Susanna was named Woman of the Year in 2011 by Hotnews Media Group and honored by the Karen Baptist Church as Outstanding Social Worker in April 2011. In 2012, she received the InterAction Humanitarian Award for her "extraordinary leadership."[3]
She is a chairperson of Women's Organizations Network of Myanmar (WON), a steering committee member of Women’s Protection Technical Working Group and president of Women's Peace Network.