Women's Alliance Burma
On September 6, 2021, Women Alliance Burma (WAB) was formed by young women taking part in various ground strike forces, with the aim of uprooting military dictatorship and bringing about a new future federal democratic state with women's leadership and participation. WAB was formed so that women can lead and take part more strongly during the revolutionary, interim and reconstruction periods.
WAB's goals are:
(1) Strengthening women's ground strikes and accelerating work in other revolutionary sectors;
(2) The emergence of a genuine new federal democratic state;
(3) Increasing women's leadership and participation in the processes of building a future federal state.
The women's strike forces in WAB are the Mandalay Women's Strike Column, the Yangon Women's Strike Column, the Monywa Main Women's Strike Column, the Monywa–Amyint Roadside Villages Women's Strike Column, the West Chindwin River Combined Villages Women's Strike Force, the Kalay Women's Strike Column, the Depayin Township Women's Strike Column, the Tabayin Township Women's Strike Column, the Dawei East Forest Women's Strike Column, the Gangaw Township Women's Strike Column and the Yinmabin Township Women's Strike Column.
In 2023, WAB carried out activities including boycotting military products, the pot-banging strike movement, revolutionary film screenings and public talks, donations of essential items for women, strikes, the Blue Shirt Campaign for the release of political prisoners, the revolutionary Thingyan movement, and the movement against the fascist election. In 2021 and 2022, it was able to hold strong strikes and movements on women's issues and against dictatorship in each region.
WAB has now begun the movement "A Thousand Days of Revolution Bringing Light, Sharing and Helping Toward the People's Victory", marking 1,000 days of the Spring Revolution on October 29, 2023.
In addition to ground strikes and women's movements challenging dictatorship, injustice against women and conservative thinking, WAB has held awareness talks and discussions to build women's capacity and increase women's leadership and participation in all sectors, and has also been able to provide emergency support for women.
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Imprisoned student unionist charged again
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Justice for sexual harassment victims
Women Alliance Burma (WAB) called for social punishment against Ke Se Ra, known as "Spring Revolution Monk", for reportedly sexual exploiting women in the revolution. The WAB conducted interviews with victims and called on the the monk to admit to charges and surrender monkshood.
"Our Ambassador - Our Voice" Campaign
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