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)
Creating
Spaces for Dialogue, Justice and Reconciliation
This Roundtable held in New Delhi in July 2007 was host to over sixty
practitioners, academics, intellectuals, and civil society leaders
working in a variety of areas related to the issues of justice and
reconciliation in Gujarat.
The Roundtable used Harsh Mander’s work as a focal point from which
to begin discussion on important facets of justice and reconciliation
in Gujarat. Participants at the roundtable highlighted several issues
including the significance of the political context of communalism
in India, the experiences of people living and working in Gujarat,
the situation of Muslim women in Gujarat, the pattern of violence
and the bias in school textbooks. The discussion focusing also on
powerful personal stories was moving, and insightful. Above all it
brought home the complexities of the situation in Gujarat.
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.
