Naw Zipporah Sein

Biography:

In this Burmese name Naw is an honorific. Naw Zipporah Sein is a Karen political activist and Secretary General of the Karen National Union. 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. She has been called a heroine by the Political Heroes website.