Annelise Ebbe and Ila Pathak, Whither Women’s Rights? A Report from Kandhamal, WISCOMP (2009)Navanita Sinha, Democracies in Transition: Opportunities and Challenges for Nepal- A Report, WISCOMP (2010)
As part of its efforts to build constituencies of peace in contexts
of violent conflict, WISCOMP supports initiatives in regions such as
Jammu and Kashmir, Gujarat, and the Northeast.WISCOMP also facilitates
similar initiatives between students, peace activists, educationists
and journalists from different regions in South Asia such as Afghanistan
and Sri Lanka.
These initiatives for peace seek to:
• Initiate collaborative relationships between policymakers, grassroots’
workers, the media, NGOs and educationists so that the voices of a range
of stakeholders, particularly women, can be mainstreamed in social change
processes.
• Empower women and men from regions of protracted conflict with
the skills and expertise to engage in processes of conflict transformation
in their local communities and regions as well as in official peace
negotiations.
• Transcend geographical boundaries and the conventional hierarchies
of age, gender, class and social status to learn from the perspectives
and experiences of people in conflict negotiation and peacebuilding.
Wiscomp
was established as part of the efforts of the Foundation for Universal Responsibility
to build a culture of coexistence and nonviolence that is gender-sensitive
and inclusive. A not-for-profit, non-sectarian, non-denominational organization,
the Foundation promotes universal responsibility in a manner that celebrates
a diversity of beleifs and practices, and that contributes to a global ethic
of nonviolence, coexistence and gender equity. The work of the Foundation
is global in its reach and transcends nationalist political agendas.
