Nant Zoya Phan

Zoya Phan is International Coordinator at Burma Campaign UK. Zoya is one of the leading Burmese democracy activists in Europe. She has met with the British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, and other senior politicians from around the world, to urge them to take action on Burma. She is regularly features in national and international media including BBC, CNN, ABC and Al Jazeera. Zoya is from the Karen ethnic group in Burma. When she was 14 Burmese army soldiers attacked her village, and she and her family were forced to flee. They hid in the jungle for weeks before finding their way to a refugee camp in Thailand. She is now a refugee living in London. In 2008 Zoya Phan and her family founded the Phan Foundation, which provides aid for the Karen people, protects Karen culture and promotes human rights. Zoya is also on the board of Austria Burma Center, and Secretary of the Karen Community Association UK. Her autobiography “Little Daughter” was published by Simon and Schuster in April 2009.