Daw khin kyi biography of christopher
Current Gender Research Fellow in Burmese Studies, Oxford University and Senor Gender Advisor for Gender and Peace Myanmar and Child Protection.
In she went to India with her mother Daw Khin Kyi, who had been appointed Myanmar's ambassador in Delhi....
Hans-Bernd Zöllner
Burmese version of this article
Introduction
On December 24, 2017, the Myanmar state newspaper Global New Light of Myanmar displayed on the title page a photo showing Daw Aung San Suu Kyi unveiling a statue of her mother, Daw Khin Kyi on the occasion of the re-opening of the Khin Kyi Women’s Hospital.
The text gave information about the speech given by the State Councellor and on the history of the building. Its foundation was laid already in August 1933, close to the house in which Aung San and his family lived after the war, and it was used as a maternity hospital.
This book is the first political biography of Aung San Suu Kyi covering both her years in opposition and all her years in power fromIn 2017 it had been recently renovated with funds donated by the Chinese embassy and a Chinese welfare organisation promoting peace.
Aung San Suu at the opening ceremony, December, 23 2017
In her speech, Aung San Suu Kyi said that the hospital reminded her of her childhood, when nurses came to her home to see her mother, who had been a nurse as well.
Despite coming from different regio