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. She has been called a "heroine" by the
Political Heroes website. Sein died from ovarian cancer at her home in
Mae Sariang on 24 July 2024, at the age of 69. ==References==