For a dozen years, "the world's worst humanitarian crisis" has ebbed and flowed almost without pause. Recently, the violence has spiked again. But meanwhile, the world's gaze has largely moved on. An impassioned photojournalist brings us into the conflict's heart with these award-winning photos.

Women in north Myanmar have few opportunities outside of serving in the Kachin Independence Army (KIA)—they join the army at age 16, by choice or by force.