Charm Tong - The Student Peace Prize Winner 2007

The Student Peace Prize is awarded to a student or a student organisation that has done important work for human rights, democracy, peace and student rights.

Charm Tong from Burma received the Student Peace Prize. This 25-year-old student and human rights activist has previously had meetings with the UN, Foreign Secretary Jack Straw and President George Bush. In Thai exile she educates Burmese youth to become part of the opposition movement, and as co-founder of the Shan Women’s Action Network(SWAN) she is an important spokesperson for ethnic minorities and women’s rights.

To know more about the work of Charm Tong visit: www.shanwomen.org