Wa Women's Association
Human rights organisation in Myanmar
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Wa Women's Association is a human rights organisation based in Wa State, Myanmar.[1] The organisation supports women's rights and promote charitable and Wa cultural programmes, for example through dance and promotion of the Wa script.[1]
In the 1990s the organisation established an orphanage in Pangkham for children whose parents were killed in fighting between United Wa State Army and Shan forces.[2] In 2016 they created a Wa State Charity Association to coordinate philanthropic work.[2] Their work is comparable to other women's organisations in Myanmar, such as the Karen Women’s Organization (KWO), the Ta-ang Women’s Organisation (TWO), and the Kachin Women’s Association of Thailand (KWAT).[2]
Many of the women who lead and volunteer with the WWA are the wives of military commanders in the regions.[2] In 2021 Li Yuheng, the deputy director of the Wa Women's Association, died.[3]