• SWAN representing WLB went a lobby trip and participated in the Photo Exhibition on Burma organized by Amnesty International ( Italy) in Rome, Italy

June 2005

• Presenting a paper entitled Sexual Violence committed by State actors in Burma at the Women’s World 2005 : The 9^th International Interdisciplinary Congress on Women in Seoul, Korea

May 2005

• Reality of Aid Asia-Pacific Meeting, Mumbai, India

April 2005

• 61st UNCHR in Geneva, Switzerland: Supported by Forum Asia, Rights and Democracy (ICHRDD), and Euro-Burma Office (EBO)
• APWLD -VAW Taskforce Planning meeting on Access to Justice campaign in Mumbai, India

March 2005

• SWAN members joined the WLB - Beijing Plus Ten Process & Beyond Team to the Beijing Plus Ten / the 49th CSW in New York, USA: Supported by Global Fund for Women (GFW), Rights and Democracy (ICHRDD), and Euro-Burma Office (EBO)

February 2005

• The Asian Indigenous Peoples Pre-meeting on the 4^th session of the UN Permanent Forum on the Indigenous Issues at Shillong, Northeastern India
• Presentation at the US Campaign for Burma Annual Meeting in Washington DC, USA

January 2005

• Attended Feminist Dialogue, organized by seven international feminist networks and organizations including INFORM & Isis International - Manila &
• Participated in the World Social Forum in Porto Alegre, Brazil

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