Aung San Suu Kyi

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To understand Aung San Suu Kyi, we must first understand the country and the circumstances in which she fights. Aung San Suu Kyi was born in Burma. Burma lies between Bangladesh and Thailand; it was a province of India until 1937 when it became a self-governing colony, its capital is Rangoon. In Burma, there is no government constitution. Its citizens are under political tyranny with no guarantee of a trial or at least a fair one if charged with a crime. Burma is a resource rich country and has large supplies of gas and oil but it suffers under the governments pervasive controls. It has inefficient economic policies and 25% of its citizens live below the poverty level. Burma is the second largest producer of illicit opium and a major source of methamphetamine's and heroin. Their corrupt government is not willing to deal with these drug traders and lacks any sort of commitment towards eradicating this or the extensive money laundering. Burma has been described as one of the most repressive countries in Asia. Burma is charged with crimes against humanity by the United Nations for its systematic abuses of human rights and refusal to hand over power to the National League for Democracy, the party which Aung San Suu Kyi founded.

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[...] But now I have realized that as we work for human rights in general, we also have to work for the particular rights of women and children. Women and children are always the ones who suffer most in times of crises. Women and children are the ones who suffer most from violence and from poverty. Aung San Suu Kyi is an incredible example of women's activism. Her strong and courageous character combined with her exceptional motives and actions offers an alternative to the feminine stereotypes such as passivity and weakness that represent women so often. [...]

[...] The “woman as martyr” can be a powerful symbol in Southeast Asia. Her image serves as a stark contrast to the machismo of army rulers who wear Western military attire. Suu Kyi's detention is symbolic of the imprisonment women of her country live every day. In the global context, Suu Kyi fights against intersecting oppression. Her work expresses the desire to help all oppressed people regardless of race, sex, sexuality, age, or ability. This is in accordance to third wave feminism; this also is described as globalized feminism. [...]

[...] Korean Rights Award Suu Kyi was given the 2004 Kwangju Human Rights Award from South Korea in recognition of her struggles for human rights and democracy in Burma. The Presidential Medal of Freedom America's highest civilian honor, created by President Truman to honor noble service in times of war and expanded by President Kennedy to honor service in times of peace. Paying tribute to Suu Kyi, Mr. Clinton said: has seen her supporters beaten, tortured and killed, yet she has never responded to hatred and violence in kind. [...]

[...] ( Aung San Suu Kyi's life and work has inspired the women of her country to fight for an end to the oppression that they face from the government. Her belief that without peace women can have no rights has encouraged women to stand up against the abuses they endure, such as government inflicted sexual violence. Between 1988 and 2004, in the Karen State of Burma of military rapes were gang rapes and a staggering 28% of victims were killed after being raped. [...]

[...] Aung San Suu Kyi is just such a person”. He continued: unites deep commitment and tenacity with a vision in which the end and the means form a single unit . It is not least Aung San Suu Kyi's impressive courage which makes her such a potent symbol, like Gandhi and her father Aung San . She has indeed taken up her inheritance, and is now in her own right the symbol of the revolt against violence and the struggle for a free society, not only in Burma, but also in the rest of Asia and in many other parts of the world. [...]