FBR Report: "Motherhood in the Conflict Zones of Burma"

The Free Burma Rangers (FBR) is a multi-ethnic humanitarian service movement. They bring help, hope and love to people in the war zones of Burma (Myanmar) and the Middle East. Groups send teams to be trained, supplied and sent into the areas under attack to provide emergency assistance and human rights documentation. Together with other groups, the teams work to serve people in need.

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"Motherhood in the Conflict Zones of Burma"

Dear friends,

Long gone are the days in which war is confined to neatly delineated battlefields, and soldiers. Modern war rages in villages, backyards, and neighborhoods. War zones are littered with the crumbled remains of schools, playgrounds, churches, shops, homes, and the bodies of innocents. According to UN reports, civilian casualties account for over 90% of all war deaths, 75% of which are women and children. War today infiltrates and tears at the social fabric of communities, making active participants out of everyone, indiscriminate of gender.

Yet the world continues to see war from a predominantly male perspective ...

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