WISCOMP
invites applications for a South Asian Peacebuilding Workshop titled Enriching
Democratic Practice in South Asia:
Possibilities from the Field of Peacebuilding on the 30 – 31 of
October, 2010 in New Delhi. Click
here for details.
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)
A post review discussion on studies focusing on Nepal was organized
on April 30, 2006.
At the roundtable members of the core research team, Mandira Sharma,
Anil Pant, Bela Malik and Purna Basnet shared the findings of their
study focusing on the gender dimension of the armed conflict in Nepal.
The study on Women and Armed Conflict in Nepal: Issues
and Perspectives raises a number of issues that are of interest from
a human rights perspective. The monograph is essentially a study of
the armed conflict in Nepal capturing the everyday insecurities that
women face both as victims and as agents within and outside the Maoist
movement. While at one level the study points out that the Maobadi
movement had at least prima facie empowered women to challenge the
status quo based on class and gender hierarchies, at another level
it also interrogates whether patriarchy resurfaces within the liberation
struggle in significantly different forms.
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.
