We would like to express our heartfelt thanks to all the women who contributed and
courageously shared their testimonies and gave their precious time and energy to inform this
report.
We would like to acknowledge Karen Human Rights Group’s (KHRG) contribution of
testimonies, photographs and maps used in this report.
We would like to acknowledge the Free Burma Rangers’ (FBR) contribution of testimonies
and photographs used in this report.
Very special thanks to friends Linda Bartolomei, Eileen Pittaway, Colleen Bartolomei and
interns Julia Roy, Susan Hall, Bernadette Radford and Jonathon Lee from the Australian
National Committee on Refugee Women (ANCORW) and the Asian Women’s Human Rights
Council (AWHRC). Without their timely assistance in design, editing and coordination, this
report would not have been possible.
We also extend thanks to the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands for the valuable
financial support which made the researching and printing of this report possible.
We express additional thanks to all KWO documentation teams, and the leaders from villages,
townships and districts for contributing their valuable time, and to committee members for the
advice and cooperation which has made this report possible.
May we all continue to work with the same cooperative and collaborative spirit in the field of
women's rights throughout the country.