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Women's Education for Advancement and Empowerment (WEAVE)

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A devastating fire displaces an already displaced population

Karenni Refugee Camp: Before the Fire

Fire at Umpiem Mai Refugee Camp

Heartbreak and Heroes: Fire at Karenni Refugee Camp, Thailand

Fire in Karenni Refugee Camp: Fatalities, Burns & Thousands Homeless

Photoblog: The challenges of everyday life for refugee women and children in Thailand

Grassroots Help for Women and Children Fleeing Burma

Weaving Handicrafts and Hope for Displaced Women from Burma

Making way for the future of Karenni refugee children

Refugee 'Women on the Bridges' Along the Thai-Burma Border for Women's Day

Empowering Refugees from Burma, through Education & Craftwork

Refugee Camps Flooded on Thai-Burma Border

Reports from the Burma border

Burma - Fleeing for Safety

There are over 100,000 refugees along the Thai-Burmese border. They escape from the brutal Burmese Regime, in the hopes of finding a better life.

Working with displaced women on the Thai-Burma, India-Burma and China-Burma borders

WEAVE works to build the capacity of displaced women in and outside of the refugee camps along the Thai-Burma, India-Burma and China-Burma borders, so that they are able to take responsibility for their own lives.

Through the Women's Capacity Development Project, technical and financial support is provided to various displaced ethnic women's organisations .

Teaching Skills

Today, women and children refugees face discrimination, low wages, poor living conditions, and have no basic human rights protection from the Thai government.

In the communities where WEAVE works -- along the Thai-Burma border -- immediate family members, communities and caregivers play a vital role.

Motivated by the vision of a world where women and their children are free to excercise their human rights, WEAVE is committed to teaching women to become socially, economically and politically empowered.

Local Communities

WEAVE prioritises community efforts that build teacher’s capacities and empower children through active participatory methods.  This begins by identifying the concerns and issues that are a priority for young children, and then defining viable and culturally appropriate interventions to enhance the capacities of families and communities to act on their decisions.

WEAVE’s 20 years of experience confirm that caregivers, families, and communities are the first line of support to children’s safety and early childhood development.  Moreover, the family and community involvement is crucial to any program of work that advances the rights of children and women and which creates the social change necessary to foster and support improvements.  WEAVE’s experience in designing and implementing community development projects has shown that meaningful participation leads to lasting support for Early Childhood Development interventions.  It is long-term community involvement that results in social change that advances children’s rights.  Improving the rights of young children ensures healthy growth and development though changes in social norms and practices.  Since these changes do not happen overnight, a holistic approach is fundamental to address this deep-rooted social challenge.