Zin Mar Aung
Zin Mar Aung | |
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ဇင်မာအောင် | |
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| Nationality | Burmese |
| Political party | National League for Democracy |
| Alma mater | University of Distance Education, Yangon |
Zin Mar Aung is a Burmese activist.[1][2] Due to her involvement in Burma's democracy movement, she served 11 years as a political prisoner.[3] She was released in 2009.[3] She created a cultural impact studies group to spread the idea that Asian culture and democracy are compatible, as well as a self-help association for female ex-political prisoners, and Yangon School of Political Science.[2][4] She also cofounded a women's empowerment group, and as of 2012 she leads an organization to raise awareness of issues affecting ethnic minorities in conflict areas.[2] As of 2013 she is working with the International Foundation for Electoral Systems on women’s political empowerment under the Global Women’s Leadership Fund.[4] She graduated with botany subject from University of Distance Education, Yangon.[5]
She is the first woman from Burma who received International Women of Courage award in 2012.[2] May Sabai Phyu is the second one from Burma. She will run for a seat in parliament in 2015 general elections from National League for Democracy.[6]
References
- ^ The Myanmar Times. "A voice that demands to be heard". mmtimes.com.
- ^ a b c d "2012 International Women of Courage Award Winners". state.gov.
- ^ a b http://www.rfa.org/english/women/zin-mar-aung-03072012171546.html
- ^ a b "IFES - Zin Mar Aung on the Importance of Women in Peace and Politics in Myanmar". ifes.org.
- ^ "'ျပန္ထြက္လာေတာ့လည္း သိတဲ့အတိုင္းပဲ ျမန္မာ့ႏိုင္ငံေရး အေျခအေနက ကဲငါတို႔မလိုအပ္ေတာ့ဘူးဆိုတဲ့ အေနအထားမ်ဳိး မဟုတ္ဘူး'". http://www.mizzimaburmese.com/. Mizzima News. Retrieved 9 June 2015.
{{cite web}}: External link in|website= - ^ Joshua Lipes (20 July 2015). "88 Generation Leader to Contest Myanmar Election Despite Pending Charges". Radio Free Asia. Retrieved 21 July 2015.
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