Starting Point
She is an advocate who helped residents deal with district or village administrators under the Unlawful Associations Act (1908), sections 17(1) and 17(2), which pertained to a government-declared illegal association. As a representative of the Pyithu Hluttaw, she participated in the Hluttaw Bill Committee. Due to her efforts as the former lawyer and Pyithu Hluttaw representative, she still has influence among the locals and the ethnic armed groups. She is still dealing with ethnic armed groups while she is conducting activities in educating the people and working on regional development.
Peace Journey
Since 2015, she has consistently worked for the Peace, Justice Awareness, and Capacity-Building programmes. She educated the youths in the region to raise awareness on justice and federal democracy. She also invited former regional government ministers to share their experiences. She went to places where the UN and other organisations could not reach and donated at her own expense.
In carrying out his duties, she felt there was a negative view of women. The State Administration Council (SAC) and the peace committee are under the impression that women are not capable of participating in peace processes. The ethnic armed groups also do not want to give priority to women in the same way. Women are often perceived as focusing more on family matters and household responsibilities as their primary tasks. It caused women to have lack of self-confidence. She insist that this trend should be reversed. In her opinion, women should participate in all sectors of peace processes, as they can utilise their soft power.
Success Stories
Her involvement in facilitating the relationship between two adversaries has contributed to the peace process. For example, at the first session of the parliament, she submitted a motion to discuss and open the door for ethnic armed groups. As a result, the Peace Committees were formed to negotiate peace between the government and ethnic armed groups.
Moreover, the locals quietly informed her when there was going to be a fight between armed groups. In such a situation, she managed to prevent the problem from worsening by contacting the Peace Committee or negotiating at the union level. She was also able to negotiate the safe passage for the Tatmadaw to pass through the areas controlled by ethnic armed groups to prevent a conflict.