Naw Zipporah Sein

Naw Zipporah Sein (Burmese: နော်စီဖိုးရာစိန် 1955 – 24 July 2024) was a Burmese Karen political activist who served as Vice-President of the Karen National Union.

Zipporah Sein
နီၢ်စံးဖိရၣ်စ့
Vice-President of the Karen National Union
In office December 2012 [1] – April 2017
Preceded by	David Tharkabaw
Succeeded by	Saw Kwe Htoo Win
General Secretary of the Karen National Union
In office October 2008 – December 2012
Preceded by	Padoh Mahn Sha Lah Phan
Succeeded by	Saw Kwe Htoo Win
Personal details
Born	1955 (1955) Karen State, Burma
Died	24 July 2024 (aged 69) Mae Sariang, Thailand
Nationality	Karen
Political party	Karen National Union
Parent	Tamla Baw
Occupation	Politician

In this Burmese name, Naw is an honorific, not a given name.

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.^[2] She has been called a "heroine" by the Political Heroes website.^[3]

Sein died from ovarian cancer at her home in Mae Sariang on 24 July 2024, at the age of 69.^[4]