Karen Youth Organisation

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Karen Youth Organisation works for the development of Karen youths. We provide training and support for Karens in Burma and Thailand and assist them in their struggle for freedom and democracy in Burma.

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Nationalities Youth Forum

Introduction

NY Forum is an independent and non-profit forum, which combines two nationalities youth umbrella organisations: United Nationalities Youth League (UNYL), which was formed as a political body of youth and Nationalities Youth Development Committee (NYDC), that focused on youth development. Both organisations joined together on 27th March, 2003 in order to take action for raising awareness on social and political development as well as equal rights and self-determination of youth from different nationalities. The projects and activities are based on mutual respect, unity, justice and equality among member organisations to reach a common goal.

Nationalities Participation

Different nationalities of Arakan, Chin, Kachin, Karen, Karenni, Kayan, Lahu, Mon, Palaung, Pa-o and Shan youth groups participate in the leading body of the forum.

Aims

To produce competent and reliable youth leaders for the future through social and political development programmes based on unity, equality and justice.
To bring about change in the current situation in Burma through active political participation of youths in order to support a tripartite dialogue process.
To reach the recognition on the position of the youth and to make suggestions on different levels of the constitutional drafting process and other decision-making forums.

Program Activities

NY Forum implements capacity building, research and advocacy in:

Natural resource management and land confiscation
Sexual violence against young people, with the global movement children as peace builders (CAP)
Indigenous knowledge and biodiversity, with the Network Indigenous Knowledge and People (IKAP) as well as ongoing youth exchanges and consensus building for peace
Country report of indigenous knowledge on biodiversity in Burma
Continuous workshop on structural analysis and natural resource management
Activities on sympathy bank for ignored children
Indigenous youth knowledge on herbal medicine plants, herbal medicine exchange

Contact

Email: nyforum@csloxinfo.com

Web: www.nyforumburma.org

Phone/Fax: +66 (0) 53 216 276

PO Box 104, Chiang Mai University P.O., Chiang Mai 50202, Thailand