ASEAN
Burma Partnership Launches New Website
Burma Partnership is pleased to announce that we have launched our new website today. We hope this will be a useful tool for governments, journalists, researchers, and especially activists from Burma and all over the world. Please come visit it at http://www.burmapartnership.org.
This website is for all people who seek to bring peaceful reconciliation to Burma. Those who struggle against the military dictatorship in Burma are not just politicians or come from a single strata of society, but represent all social classes, ethnic groups, religions, occupations, political ideologies, and genders.There are expansive efforts to create a Burma free from fear. This website seeks to bring together all these different voices, including those from inside Burma that are heavily restricted, as well as present activities and opinions from groups working along Burmaโs borders and international solidarity groups, especially in the Asia-Pacific region. The campaigns, activities, and content on our website represent not only the work of Burma Partnership's Working Group members, but also the works and efforts of groups focusing on many important issues facing Burma today. Through this website, we aim to show the diversity and synergy of all groups working towards genuine development and democracy in Burma.
Since the Saffron Revolution, there has been growing unity between people and organizations working on Burma. For example, in 2009 we saw the Free Burmaโs Political Prisoners Now! campaign that brought together hundreds of organizations all over the world.
Together, we have laid a great foundation upon which we must continue to build our collective efforts, creating a stronger and more effective movement for democracy and human rights, protecting Burmaโs communities, resources, environment, and ensuring a better future for all citizens. With all the challenges we anticipate during the juntaโs impending elections, there has never been a greater need for coordination amongst us, the international movement for democracy, peace and human rights in Burma.
Learning from our experience of working together in the past, we are confident and prepared to face these challenges drawing strength from our commitment, our diversity, and the power of our collective efforts.
How People Can Use this Site:
- We encourage people and organizations to participate in this website.Send your reports, media releases, statements, activities and we can post on the site. We can also post photos, videos and other multimedia.The Blog is also a key way that groups can participate. If there is any sort of action whether it is an anniversary, press conference, protest or more we invite groups to write about it and send to us to post.It is also a good place to highlight news from inside Burma that isn't receiving enough media attention. Burma Partnership can also work with groups on writing posts.
- Find resources and other tools for activists.The "Resources" section has collection of reports, factsheets, videos and other tools from many organizations on a variety of subjects. There are also resources for the major campaigns.The "Activists" section has a collection of how-to guides for advocacy, campaigning, using social media, secure communications, and other miscellaneous guides.
- Get updates on campaigns. The "Campaigns" section presents an overview and updates on four of the major campaigns of the democracy movement: 2010 Elections, ASEAN, Ending Crimes Against Humanity, and Environmental and Economic Justice. On each campaign page are: (1) An overview of the issue; (2) Links to the organizations working on the campaign; (3) Resources for each campaign; and (4) Recent updates.
This website is a collective effort. We welcome your feedback on how this website could be improved to better contribute to the Burma movement. Please note that we are still working on loading content, but welcome your comments.
In Solidarity,
Khin Ohmar and Soe Aung
Coordinators
Burma Partnership
Note: With the new website, we also have a new e-mail address. Please add info@burmapartnership.org to your address book to ensure our messages don't end up in your spam box.
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When: 7/2/2014
