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               Burma women refugees face multiple discrimination

August 29, 2001, Mizzima News Group (www.mizzima.com)
Durban, South Africa

"Ethnic minority refugee women from Burma are facing multiple
discrimination in neighboring countries and the international community
should ensure that these refugees from Burma are not to be repatriated
as long as the military is in power in the country", said Naw Musi, a
Karen woman from Burma at the on-going World Conference Against Racism
NGO Forum at Durban in South Africa.

She was speaking at a regional discussion forum being held as a part of
preparations for the final NGO declaration, which will come out at the
end of the conference.

"We are treated with disrespect and dislike in the best cases, and with
cruelty and hatred in the worst. We are unwelcome guests in the host
country, but we have nowhere else to go", said Naw Musi who is living in
a refugee camp in Thai-Burma border.

"The Burmese regime also must acknowledge the problem of racial and
ethnic prejudice within the country. Racism is like a disease. It creeps
across borders and travels back and forth freely", added Naw Musi, who
is here as a part of Women's League of Burma (WLB) delegation to the
conference.

More than 7,000 delegates from all over the world are participating in
the conference to discuss the issues relating to racism and other
related issues including gender, religious intolerance, ethnic
cleansing, globalization, militarization, poverty and indigenous people.
The conference is being held from the 28th to 31st August.

Burma exiled activists including a six-member delegation from the
Women's League of Burma (WLB) are participating in the conference to
raise the issues of multiple discrimination faced by the people under
the military government in Burma and to raise the awareness on the
struggle of Burmese people for the restoration of democracy and human
rights. Panel discussions and exhibition on Burma are also being
organized in the conference.

"Racism is one of the route causes of Burma's problems. By sharing
experiences with other international delegates and raising the issues of
ethno-politics, militarization and racial discrimination in Burma, we
hope that the international community will support for the meaningful
political changes towards democratization in Burma", said Khin Ohmar,
another delegate of WLB.



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<center>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <b><font color="#8C1AFF"><font size=+2>Burma
women refugees face multiple discrimination</font></font></b></center>

<p><b><font color="#E052D6"><font size=+1>August 29, 2001, Mizzima News
Group</font></font></b> <b><font color="#57C747"><a href="www.mizzima.com">(www.mizzima.com)</a></font></b>
<br><b><font color="#E64DAC">Durban, South Africa</font></b>
<p><font size=+1>"Ethnic minority refugee women from Burma are facing multiple
discrimination in neighboring countries and the international community
should ensure that these refugees from Burma are not to be repatriated
as long as the military is in power in the country", said Naw Musi, a Karen
woman from Burma at the on-going World Conference Against Racism NGO Forum
at Durban in South Africa.</font>
<p><font size=+1>She was speaking at a regional discussion forum being
held as a part of preparations for the final NGO declaration, which will
come out at the end of the conference.</font>
<p><font size=+1>"We are treated with disrespect and dislike in the best
cases, and with cruelty and hatred in the worst. We are unwelcome guests
in the host country, but we have nowhere else to go", said Naw Musi who
is living in a refugee camp in Thai-Burma border.</font>
<p><font size=+1>"The Burmese regime also must acknowledge the problem
of racial and ethnic prejudice within the country. Racism is like a disease.
It creeps across borders and travels back and forth freely", added Naw
Musi, who is here as a part of Women's League of Burma (WLB) delegation
to the conference.</font>
<p><font size=+1>More than 7,000 delegates from all over the world are
participating in the conference to discuss the issues relating to racism
and other related issues including gender, religious intolerance, ethnic
cleansing, globalization, militarization, poverty and indigenous people.
The conference is being held from the 28th to 31st August.</font>
<p><font size=+1>Burma exiled activists including a six-member delegation
from the Women's League of Burma (WLB) are participating in the conference
to raise the issues of multiple discrimination faced by the people under
the military government in Burma and to raise the awareness on the struggle
of Burmese people for the restoration of democracy and human rights. Panel
discussions and exhibition on Burma are also being organized in the conference.</font>
<p><font size=+1>"Racism is one of the route causes of Burma's problems.
By sharing experiences with other international delegates and raising the
issues of ethno-politics, militarization and racial discrimination in Burma,
we hope that the international community will support for the meaningful
political changes towards democratization in Burma", said Khin Ohmar, another
delegate of WLB.</font>
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