Zin Mar Aung

Zin Mar Aung
MP
ဇင်မာအောင်
Member of the Burmese House of Representatives
for Yankin Township
Assumed office
1 February 2016
Personal details
Born (1976-06-14) 14 June 1976
Rangoon, Burma
Nationality Burmese
Political party National League for Democracy
Alma mater University of Distance Education, Yangon
Occupation Activist
Politician
Religion Theravada Buddhism

Zin Mar Aung(Burmese: ဇင်မာအောင်; born 14 June 1976) is a Burmese activist and politician, currently serving as a Pyithu Hluttaw MP for Yankin Township.[1][2] Due to her involvement in Burma's democracy movement, she served 11 years as a political prisoner; nine of those years were in solitary confinement.[3] She was released in 2009.[3] She created a cultural impact studies group to spread the idea that Asian culture and democracy are compatible, as well as a self-help association for female ex-political prisoners, and Yangon School of Political Science.[2][4] She also cofounded a women's empowerment group, and as of 2012 she leads an organization to raise awareness of issues affecting ethnic minorities in conflict areas.[2] As of 2013 she is working with the International Foundation for Electoral Systems on women’s political empowerment under the Global Women’s Leadership Fund.[4] She graduated with botany subject from University of Distance Education, Yangon.[5][6]

References

  1. ↑ The Myanmar Times. "A voice that demands to be heard". mmtimes.com.
  2. 1 2 3 "2012 International Women of Courage Award Winners". state.gov.
  3. 1 2 http://www.rfa.org/english/women/zin-mar-aung-03072012171546.html
  4. 1 2 "IFES - Zin Mar Aung on the Importance of Women in Peace and Politics in Myanmar". ifes.org.
  5. ↑ "‘ျပန္ထြက္လာေတာ့လည္း သိတဲ့အတိုင္းပဲ ျမန္မာ့ႏိုင္ငံေရး အေျခအေနက ကဲငါတို႔မလိုအပ္ေတာ့ဘူးဆိုတဲ့ အေနအထားမ်ဳိး မဟုတ္ဘူး’". http://www.mizzimaburmese.com/. Mizzima News. Retrieved 9 June 2015. External link in |website= (help)
  6. ↑ Joshua Lipes (20 July 2015). "88 Generation Leader to Contest Myanmar Election Despite Pending Charges". Radio Free Asia. Retrieved 21 July 2015.

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