Naw Zipporah Sein

Naw Zipporah Sein was a Burmese Karen political activist who served as Vice-President of the Karen National Union.

Life and career

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.
Sein died from ovarian cancer at her home in Mae Sariang on 24 July 2024, at the age of 69.