DIMAPUR, JANUARY 18 (MExN): Civil society organisations, activists, scholars, parliamentarians and policy makers are coming together for the fourth conclave of Northeast India Women Initiative for Peace during a two day meet at India International Center in New Delhi to be held on January 19 and 20. The two day conclave on Northeast India Women Initiative for Peace will be held in Conference Room 1, India International Centre.
According to organizers, the meeting is intended to break the deadlock over the conflicts in the region and bring forward views, so that a consultative process for the best viable solution for peace is found. The conclave is organised by the Northeast India Women Initiative for Peace (NEWIP), a network initiated by the Manipur Women Gun Survivors Network and Control Arms Foundation of India, and supported by Heinrich Boell Foundation, India.
Panelists include Nagas, Sumshot Khullar from Chamdil (formerly Chandel) district of Manipur and Elizabeth Imti from Nagaland, Kabita Jamatia from Tripura, Hasina Kharbih from Meghalaya, Reena Mutum from Manipur. The inaugural speech will be delivered by P.B.K. Manikya deb Burman, Editor, The Northeast Today while noted scholar, Dr Anuradha Chenoy of Jawaharlal Nehru University deliver the keynote address.
According to Ms Binalakshmi Nepram from the Manipur Women Gun Survivors Network and convenor of the conclave, “We the women from Northeast India, home to some of the worst conflict zones of this country, have felt the damage, the pain, and the tragedy which comes to our lives because of a continuing lack of peace and justice. As women who have survived violence, it is time to start staking our rightful claim at the negotiating table - that we have the right to decide our own future, to work towards ending conflicts.”
According to organizers, the meeting is intended to break the deadlock over the conflicts in the region and bring forward views, so that a consultative process for the best viable solution for peace is found. The conclave is organised by the Northeast India Women Initiative for Peace (NEWIP), a network initiated by the Manipur Women Gun Survivors Network and Control Arms Foundation of India, and supported by Heinrich Boell Foundation, India.
Panelists include Nagas, Sumshot Khullar from Chamdil (formerly Chandel) district of Manipur and Elizabeth Imti from Nagaland, Kabita Jamatia from Tripura, Hasina Kharbih from Meghalaya, Reena Mutum from Manipur. The inaugural speech will be delivered by P.B.K. Manikya deb Burman, Editor, The Northeast Today while noted scholar, Dr Anuradha Chenoy of Jawaharlal Nehru University deliver the keynote address.
According to Ms Binalakshmi Nepram from the Manipur Women Gun Survivors Network and convenor of the conclave, “We the women from Northeast India, home to some of the worst conflict zones of this country, have felt the damage, the pain, and the tragedy which comes to our lives because of a continuing lack of peace and justice. As women who have survived violence, it is time to start staking our rightful claim at the negotiating table - that we have the right to decide our own future, to work towards ending conflicts.”
