Naw Zipporah Sein Explained

Zipporah Sein
Order:Vice-President of the Karen National Union
Term Start:December 2012 [1]
Term End:April 2017
Predecessor:David Tharkabaw
Successor:Saw Kwe Htoo Win
Order2:General Secretary of the Karen National Union
Term Start2:October 2008
Term End2:December 2012
Predecessor2:Padoh Mahn Sha Lah Phan
Successor2:Saw Kwe Htoo Win
Birth Place:Karen State, Burma
Death Place:Mae Sariang, Thailand
Nationality:Karen
Occupation:Politician
Party:Karen National Union
Parents:Tamla Baw
Native Name Lang:my

Naw Zipporah Sein (Burmese: နော်စီဖိုးရာစိန် 1955 – 24 July 2024) was a Burmese Karen political activist who served as Vice-President of the Karen National Union.

Life and career

Zipporah Sein was born in 1955 in Kayin State, Burma, and trained as a teacher before fleeing to Thailand in 1995. From 1998 to 2008, she was the coordinator and executive secretary of the Karen Women's Organization, which describes its mission as helping Karen women refugees.[2] She has been called a "heroine" by the Political Heroes website.[3]

Sein died from ovarian cancer at her home in Mae Sariang on 24 July 2024, at the age of 69.[4]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: KNU - About Us . Knuhq.org . 6 May 2014.
  2. Web site: Karen Women Organisation . Karenwomen.org . 6 May 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20181229171920/https://karenwomen.org/ . 29 December 2018 . dead .
  3. Web site: Leader - Naw Zipporah Sein . Political Heroes . 6 May 2014.
  4. Web site: 25 July 2024 . Former KNU Vice President Padoh Naw Zipporah Sein Passes Away . 25 July 2024 . Karen News . en-US.