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WISCOMP Publications
WISCOMP
offers a broad range of resources in the form of in-house publications,
bibliographies, research studies, capacity building modules and training
programs. These seek to stimulate engagement between policymakers and
civil society groups in ways that strengthen efforts for peace and security.
Perspectives and Discussion
Papers
WISCOMP Perspectives and Discussion Papers, a series of research publications,
showcase the work of the Scholar of Peace Fellows on a range of subjects
such as Women in the Kashmir Peace Process, Gender Sensitive Alternative
Dispute Resolution Models, The Role of the Media in Facilitating an Inclusive
Security Discourse et al. The series seeks to build linkages with the
larger regional and international community working in similar areas.
Perspectives
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Sudha
Ramachandran, Sonia Jabbar, The Shades of Violence: Women and
Kashmir, WISCOMP Perspectives 1 (2003)
The
Shades of Violence: Women and Kashmir, uses the gender lens to highlight
how life survives in the midst of exploding violence associated with
insurgency and counter-insurgency. The authors speak neither for the
militants nor for the Indian government but for the people of Kashmir
– the noncombatants, especially the women – whose suffering assumes
gigantic proportions in a war of attrition that leaves no winners.
Women’s
Uprising in Manipur: A Legacy Continued traces the role of the women’s
Meira Peibi movement in Manipur in the context of the rise of the separatist
movement and the imposition of the Armed Forces Special Powers Act of
1958.
Chitra
Balakrishnan’s work is premised on the notion that capturing women’s
conflict management practices would contribute positively to alternative
justice and peace efforts in the South Asian region and also impact
law and policy reform. In the long run it would be a step in engendering
the practices of justice in South Asia.
Representation
of Post-Chagai Alternative Discourse in the Media, examines the projection
of official narratives and responses from the peace movement in urban
Pakistan and a few fringe political parties in the periphery who dissented
with the pro-nukes policy of the center. It documents the alternative
security discourse carried out in the media and evaluates the emerging
peace movement and spectrum of policy options along with alternatives
offered by its protagonists.
Khatoli
Khala’s work analyses the cultural, socio-economic and political aspects
of the situation in Nagaland leading to the imposition of this draconian
act. It also seeks to provide a guide to prevent incidents of such human
rights violations in the state.
Images
of Muslim Women surveys the manner in which Muslim women in India-members
of the largest minority community – are represented in the print and
electronic media. It also examines the perceptions of Indian Muslim
women about these representations.
The
Taming of a River: Gender Displacement and Resistance in Anti-Dam Movements,
draws and weaves together diverse strands of arguments about the gendered
nature of development, of policy, of displacement – and – most significantly
even of resistance. It particularly focuses on the Narmada Bachao Andolan
(Save the Narmada Movement) to document the ways in which women participate
in survival struggles and the perceptions of their gendered roles within
the community and the movement.
Manimala
in this perspective posits that the violence women are subjected to
during armed conflict is not merely an accidental off shoot of war but
is a tool which ahs been used very effectively to spread war and to
destabilize society.
Violence
and Sexuality in the Iconography of the Nation, attempts to uncover
the forms of sexualized terror of Sinhala Buddhist nationalist practice
in the contemporary Sri Lankan state and community, through an investigation
into spaces for violence in the everyday practice against detainees
and prostitutes. This is an effort to enable a different understanding
of violence, the nature of modern power, and the body as an object,
target and product of such power.
In
Language of Conflict and Women in Assam, Amita Joshi gives us vivid
accounts of the impact of terrorism on the women members of the families
of terrorists in Kashmir, North Eastern India, Iraq and Cambodia. This
writing is an appeal to the collective consciousness of the members
of the society to make meaningful attempts in the direction of peace.
Experiences
of Naga Women in Armed Conflict: Narratives from a Militarized Society,
details the experiences of Naga women located in the most protracted
of armed conflict situations in north-east India. It highlights women’s
deep but understated participation in the struggles of the Naga people
and the memories and pain that such struggles have entailed.
Indian
Women Scientists’ Perceptions of the Nuclear Issue analyzes the perceptions
of Indian women scientists on a range of issues related to the nuclear
issue in order to determine whether their views are determined by their
position as scientists or by virtue of being women. The aim of this
study was to generate and analyze primary gender disaggregated data
as the first step towards building a gender perspective on issues related
to India’s nuclear policy.
Women
in Exile: Tibetan Women Refugees’ Experiences in India assesses the
problems and hardships of Tibetan women refugees in their struggle for
survival in an entirely different environment. Through the life stories
of Tibetan women-in-exile in Dharamsala and Delhi, the study analyses
experiences of Tibetan women as members of a stateless community and
evaluates the work done by the Tibetan Women’s association (TWA) both
in safeguarding the identity of Tibetan women-in-exile and in sustaining
an organized struggle upholding the principles of non-violence.
Seema
Hussain’s articles focus on the peace-building efforts of a diverse
range of actors in India’s Northeast, including civil society groups
and governmental agencies. Her work draws attention to the role of multi
track initiatives in transforming conflict in ways that are inclusive
and sustainable. She has identified and documented a number of such
non-conventional interventions, aimed at ending militancy and restoring
peace in the lives of ordinary people, including ex-militants.
Smita
Bharti’s project aimed at identifying ways in which the lives and voices
of women in Tihar Jail in Delhi could be framed so as to become accessible
to a wider public. This entailed a series of theatre workshops in jail
and outside, designed to explore human rights issues on both sides of
the wall. Through use of skilful creative methods, participants were
encouraged to become co-explorers, question internalized norms, engage
in a process of self-expression, and make critical choices. A unique
co-production between jail inmates and college students was mounted
in the jail in December 2004.
Jyoti
Malhotra’s articles focus on the conflict-resolution efforts of a diverse
range of actors in the context of contemporary Tibet. She focuses on
the negotiations between India, China and the Tibetan government-in-exile.
Her work draws attention to the role these negotiations might play in
transforming conflict in ways that are inclusive and sustainable. She
has identified and documented the views of statespersons, politicians
and ordinary people, presenting multiple perspectives that need to be
accommodated for a sustainable and enduring solution to the Tibet imbroglio.
Dilip
D’Souza’s articles suggest the need to revisit the concept of patriotism,
and reconsider what it might mean: the pursuit of peace, rather than
the playing out of hatred. Seeking to understand patriotism from multiple
perspectives, D’Souza travels and meets diverse people, ranging from
soldiers to schoolchildren, fighter pilots to ordinary cricket-players.
The writing leads towards the idea that unless patriotism is understood
as peace, it will continue to have some unwholesome associations and
dangerous implications.
Decentralized
Governance in Schedule V Areas and Empowerment of Women: Resolving Conflicts
through Law, examines law as an instrument of conflict resolution, especially
when these conflicts are located along the faultlines of resource allocation,
control and management. In particular, it assesses the efficacy of a
law like central PESA (Panchayat: Extension to Scheduled Areas) passes
in 1996, in empowering tribal women in India, who as traditional forest
dwellers, share a symbiotic relationship with the eco system.
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Kamini
Karlekar, Victims and Agents: Refugee Women of the Afghan and
Burmese Community in Delhi, WISCOMP Perspectives 19, 2006
Based
on qualitative analysis, the monograph uses life stories to capture
a range of concerns that inform the consciousness of a women refugee.
The study seeks to challenge the stereotypical representations of refugees
by highlighting the ability to regenerate following the sense of loss
that follows the decision to leave their homeland.
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Nirekha
De Silva, Transitional Justice for Women Ex-Combatants in
Sri Lanka, WISCOMP Perspectives 20, 2006
There
are a significant number of women in the LTTE as well as in the Sri
Lankan Army. This publication focuses on the range of measures required
to ensure reintegration of women ex-combatants into ordinary society.
The author has made recommendations and drawn up a comprehensive database
of available institutions and resources.
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Chavi
Bhargava Sharma, Between Two Worlds: Long Term Effects of
Communal Violence on a Multi-religious, marginalized community,
WISCOMP Perspectives 21, 2006.
The
monograph explores the ‘marginalized’ community of the Pranamis, with
a focus on their experience of extreme violence during the 1947 partition.
The author examines how and why this multireligious community became
a special target, and the long-term impact this has had. Cutting across
disciplinary boundaries, the monograph provides deep insights into psychology
history and politics.
The
monograph addresses how the organizational ethos of the armed forces
and the professional goals of women recruits can be synergized. It raises
a range of issues pertaining to equal employment opportunities, perceptions
on gender equality and analyzes the implications of the combat exclusion
policy for women recruits.
The
publication aims at recovering and articulating alternative perspectives
on religion in the state of Jammu and Kashmir. It seeks to recover those
understandings of religion that can be used to promote inter-community
dialogue, sustainable peace and the rights of marginalized groups including
women.
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Zakia
Haque, Women, War and Statelessness: Stranded Bihari Women and
Girls in Bangladesh, WISCOMP Perspectives 24 (2007)
Framed
by the discourse on statelessness and citizenship in South Asia, the
publication brings out faultlines and ruptures that affect the lives
of ordinary people, even as nation states redefine boundaries and identities.
Exclusionary practices inhere in the shifting self-definition of states.
Haque explores the situation of stranded Biharis in Bangladesh from
both legal and humanitarian perspectives.
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Khelena
Gurumayum, The Role of Manipuri Women
in Crisis Management during the Extension of Ceasefire
between the Government of India and NSCN-IM without Territorial Limits,
WISCOMP Perspectives 25 (2007)
This
publication focuses on the skills and traits of the women of Manipur
who have over the years extended their social activism into a unique
politics of protest against all forms of injustice. It is situated in
the immediate political context of the well-publicized ceasefire agreement
between the Government of India and one faction of the Naga National
Socialist Council (IM faction) — to extend the ceasefire "without
territorial limits."
Prolegomena
to the Study of People and Places in Violent India is written as a letter
to the contemporary Italian philosopher Giorgio Agamben. With an introduction
by political theorist and policy analyst Pratap Bhanu Mehta, the letter
sets out the problems and possibilities of situating Agamben’s categories
of “camp” and “refugee” in a South Asian
context.
This
monograph addresses one of the core concerns of contemporary International
Relations theory namely, how to incorporate ‘non-traditional’
concerns of security into the mainstream discourse. It examines the
receptivity of different intellectual traditions in the discipline to
these concerns. The author begins his analysis with the Realist discourse
in the post cold war period and provides an overview of “traditional”
conceptualizations of security. He then moves on to provide a succinct
summary of the Liberal and Constructivist discourses, examining the
receptivity of each of these streams to security formulations that move
beyond survival of the sovereign state towards addressing individual
well being and global sustainability.
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Malavika
Vartak , Memory and Migration: Bhutanese Refugee Women and Oral Histories
of Self and Nation, WISCOMP Perspectives 28 (2008)
The
paper focuses on the ‘flight’ and ‘temporary settlement’
of the Bhutanese refugee women living in Nepal – the uncertainties,
the sufferings and feelings of rootlessness that overwhelm them. Based
on in-depth interviews conducted with the refugees, the office bearers
of humanitarian organizations working in the area and field observations
of the author the paper provides a comprehensive assessment of the social,
psychological and economic wellbeing of the refugee women. The author
links the Duar War in 1865 with the recent refugee crisis in Bhutan
in the 1990s to raise important questions about citizenship and identity.
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Discussion
Papers
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(Equality) Amid (Non) Plurality: The Pakistani Experience examines
the spaces for Pakistani equality jurisprudence in the backdrop of the
existing laws, legal institutions, and the legal establishment. The
author hopes to promote thoughtful long term strategizing by those persons
interested in promoting the rule of law vis-à-vis the women of Pakistan.
This
discussion paper examines the role of women cadre of the People’s War
group (PWG) in Andhra Pradesh and analyses whether the women cadre’s
perception of revolutionary violence is different from her male colleague
and whether they incorporate the struggle against class and patriarchy
in a single movement.
The
paper a documentation of practices of peace between women from two conflict
zones in South Asia – Nagaland and Sri Lanka. It consists of the proceedings
of a workshop in Sri Lanka held in January 2001 and addresses questions
of how to strengthen women’s initiatives for peace in situations of
conflict.
Empowerment
of Women: Answers from Tibet, surveys the manner in which Tibetan
women in four settlements in Karnataka have constructed their lives
and blended their traditional roles with new ones. In doing so, the
articles interrogate stereotypical images of victimhood and refugeehood
and point instead to imaginative paradigms of women’s empowerment that
may well resonate for the women’s movement in the larger Indian context
as well.
This
discussion paper is based on the narratives of 20 Afghan women refugees
based in Delhi. The study examines the notion of gendered violence in
times of violent conflict.
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Kishali
Pinto-Jayawardena, Justice, Reconciliation and Constitution Making:
Ensuring that the Future Constitution works for Sri Lankan Women,
WISCOMP Discussion Paper 6 (2004)
The
paper examines the ongoing constitutional reform process in Sri Lanka
from a gender perspective. This is seen as an important step in informing
public policy and radically engendering future constitutional reform.
Troubled
Waters of Karachi examines how a life sustaining resource like water
can emerge as a security issue within the national boundaries of the
state. Set in Karachi this series of articles drives home the point
that lack of access to safe water currently threatens not only the provincial
harmony of Pakistan but also poses a severe danger to the security environment
of its largest metropolis.
The
discussion paper examines how the state of militancy in the state of
Assam has impacted the women and children. Written in the background
of insurgency in India’s northeastern state of Assam, the series of
articles brings out the story of 12 women who have been compelled by
circumstances to go beyond the role of home-makers to assume new responsibilities
and leadership roles. The study documents the determination and courage
of women in situations of armed conflict and how they transform their
role in the society in order to lead a “normal life”.
Jaya
Iyer’s discussion paper describes the theory and practice of “Theatre
of the Oppressed” and its relevance as a tool to tackle contemporary
social conflicts. Through a core workshop, Iyer transmits purposive
theatre skills to field-level workers from various parts of India. The
workshop is experiential and interactive, drawing participants into
active dialogue. This leads to healing – at the level of self as well
as at the level of society, Iyer proposes that peace-building at a wider
level presupposes peace within the individual self/selves.
Raheel
Dhattiwala’s discussion paper examines the growing phenomenon of separation
of residential spaces on the basis of religious identity – as well as
significant exceptions to the trend. The findings indicate that communal
crises may have triggered off a process of positive introspection and
pro-active interventions by some sections of the Muslim residents. Her
work is a contribution to understanding communal conflict, its impact
upon ordinary people’s lives, and their varied responses.
The
eleventh in the series Impact of Religious Extremism on Women in Pakistan
studies the rise of religious extremism in Pakistan and its implications
for women-especially in areas where the Islamic parties are in power.
The study highlights the Islamization process in Pakistan especially
in the North West Frontier Province and highlights discriminatory legislations
like the Hudood Ordinance, the Shariat Bill and the Hisba Act. It also
draws attention to the development of women’s rights organizations in
spite of the adverse circumstances, which bring to the table specific
concerns of women – both rural and urban.
Traveling
across the state, Kavita Suri studies the impact of violence on the
educational institutions. The narratives highlight how the crucial aspects
of education in particular education of the girl child have been placed
on the back burner owing to the violence and prevalent militancy.
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Oishik
Sircar, Engendering Persecution:
Refugee Women, Gender-based
Violence and State Responsibility in South Asia, WISCOMP Discussion
Paper 13 (2007)
This monograph
makes a case for the development of "gender asylum law" in
South Asia in order to protect women from myriad forms of gender-based
violence during times of active conflict as well as times of apparent
peace.
This
monograph explores the complex relationship between armed conflict,
school curriculum and the construction of "identities that kill"
in Jammu and Kashmir. Through primary research, Tikoo addresses some
pertinent questions such as: Why did affluent, educated youth join the
armed conflict? Are there examples of schools that promote coexistence
and the idea of kashmiriyat in the state? The publication includes articles
that seek to look into how the armed conflict and different sources
of learnings have affected the psyche of young people — Hindus, Muslims
and Sikhs — in the state.
The
publication draws attention to multiple facets of shared historical
and cultural legacy that can help create mutual understanding between
India and Pakistan. Rather than emphasize division and contention, the
monograph seeks to highlight the vast common ground occupied by Pakistan
and India. By thus highlighting deep-rooted commonalities, the author
contributes to mitigating prejudices and building bridges across boundaries.
The contributions of contemporary youth groups and artists are also
discussed.
Taran’s work describes
the manner in which communal tensions and issues are manifested and
negotiated in the classroom. The paper is a compilation of unmediated
expression of ideas and arguments by the participants of this project-
a core group of 15 Hindu and Muslim teenage girls at the Aligarh Muslim
University Girls’ High School. Employing multiple pedagogical tools
the author initiates conversations among students to probe the interface
between gender, religious identity, personal friendships and the outbreak
of communal tension in Aligarh.
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Anjana
Shakya, Impact of Armed Conflict on Women and Children in Nepal,
WISCOMP Discussion Paper 17 (2008)
The
Impact of Armed Conflict on Women and Children in Nepal narrates the
stories of women and children who have been first hand victims of the
violence as a result of the armed conflict in Nepal. The study explores
the root causes of the conflict through the lenses of structural violence
and human rights, in order to assess the overall impact of the armed
conflict on women and children. In addition, it audits the ongoing peace
interventions by various stakeholders and their impact on women and
children, and makes recommendations for conflict transformation in Nepal.
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Special Projects
WISCOMP
Special Projects explore innovative approaches to peace and security,
and use creative mediums such as art, theater, film, dance and workshops.
Weaving
together two art forms – classical dance and puppetry, the performance
Her Voice is a powerful critique of war from a gender perspective. It
is based on a well-known tale from the Battle of Kurukshetra from the
Indian epic, the Mahabharata.
This project
involved the scripting and production of a documentary film on the Afghan
refugee women living in Pakistan. The visual presentation captures the
plight of refugee women and the urgency with which broad-based, responsive
strategies need to be developed.
This is
a CD presentation of the website that was conceptualized to provide
space for young people in the SAARC region to develop trans-cultural
approaches to peacebuilding, and to reflect on their own experiences
in conflict resolution. In addition to articles, the website includes
toolkits for youth media and peace education initiatives.
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Anurupa
Roy, Storytelling and Puppetry as Tools of Conflict Resolution:
Experiences from Kashmir, WISCOMP Special Project 4, 2006
The
outcomes of this project – a monograph and a visual production in the
form of a CD, explore the Kashmir conflict as experienced by ordinary
women, and is informed by a desire to understand its impact on ordinary
people, and the possibility of building healing modalities. The production
poignantly asks: If Kashmiri poet and mystic wanderer, Lalded, looked
at the Kashmir of today, what conversations would she have with the
women of Kashmir?
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Kashmir:
Building Constituencies of Peace
The
series Building Constituencies of Peace documents the proceedings of the
substantive events and workshops organized by WISCOMP to facilitate the
Athwaas process.
This report
captures the range of concerns that inform the consciousness of women
in a situation of conflict and impact their agency. The Roundtable Breaking
the Silence: Women and Kashmir, which this paper draws from, seeked
to provide space to a range of voices, and marked the beginning of WISCOMP’s
Athwaas initiative in Kashmir.
This is
an experiential and reflective report of the challenges that confront
people who explore paths of peace. It traces the origin of militancy
in Kashmir, its peaks and pitfalls, the trials and tribulations, and
also of the hope kindled for the dawn of peace. The indomitable spirit
of the women of Kashmir is highlighted in a narration, which is also
an unfolding of a personal journey.
The report
documents the different stages of the WISCOMP’s initiative in Kashmir,
Athwaas. The core group of the initiative has traversed many
physical and emotional distances and the journey has evolved with the
changing perceptions of the members and the dynamic political circumstances
in the state of Jammu and Kashmir.
This is
the beginning of the series Building Constituencies of Peace: Stakeholders
in Dialogue which documents the proceedings of the substantive events
and workshops organized by WISCOMP to facilitate the Athwaas
process. This publication documents the proceedings of the Athwaas
Review Workshop held in Srinagar in August-September 2002.
This publication
documents the proceedings of the Athwaas Review Workshop held
in New Delhi in February 2003.
Local initiatives
by Athwaas led to the establishment of Samanbal centers which
provide a physical space and tangible context for women to come together
to rebuild mutual trust and re-open spaces for reconciliation. This
publication comprises the proceedings of the Consultative Workshop held
in Srinagar in March 2004. It also includes a brief report on a Women
Writers Meet conceptualized and executed by Athwaas members in
October 2003.
This documents
the proceedings of the third Athwaas Review and Training Workshop
which focused on three crucial legislations passed by the Jammu and
Kashmir State Assembly.
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Ashima
Kaul and Qurrat-ul-Ain, Athwaas: Exploring Creative Spaces for
Expression, Building Constituencies of Peace: Stakeholders in Dialogue
V, 2006
This
publication draws from the proceedings of the third in the series of
Writers’ meets organized by Athwaas in Srinagar.
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Ellora
Puri, Athwaas: Linking Trauma Healing, Reconciliation and
Peacebuilding, Building Constituencies of Peace, Stakeholders in Dialogue
VI, 2006
The
two-day residential workshop on Trauma Healing, Reconciliation and Peacebuilding,
facilitated by Prof. Nancy Good Sider, aimed to look at how trauma-healing
is an integral part of the conflict transformation process and thus,
of the broader field of peacebuilding. The publication details the proceedings.
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Priya
Parker, Athwaas: Sustaining Dialogic Engagement, Building
Constituencies of Peace, Stakeholders in Dialogue VII, 2006
Taking
the form of a first person account, this publication provides the summary
of a Sustained Dialogue workshop through the perspective of the trainer.
The workshop provided Athwaas members a space to explore the concept
as well as the practice of Sustained Dialogue.
This
publication documents WISCOMP’s engagement with the women of Dardpora,
a village in the Kupwara district of Jammu and Kashmir where the population
consists of widows and half widows, and their children.
The
WISCOMP convention Women in Dialogue: Envisioning the Road Ahead in
Jammu and Kashmir brought together 65 participants from the three regions
of Jammu, Kashmir and Ladakh, in order to facilitate a dialogue foregrounding
gender and civil society engagement. The participants held discussions
in four working groups and put forth recommendations for Politics, Law
and Governance; Women, Development and Economic Empowerment; Cultural
Initiatives for Peace and Reconciliation; and Health and Psychosocial
Healing, which were presented to eminent policymakers. The publication
details the working groups' discussions and the recommendations of the
groups.
The
publication documents the proceedings of the two-day convention Women
in Dialogue: Envisioning the Road Ahead in Jammu and Kashmir. The convention
brought together participants from the three regions of Jammu, Kashmir
and Ladakh, in order to facilitate a dialogue amongst diverse stakeholders.
- Navanita
Sinha and Qurrat-ul-Ain, Creating Stories for Children in Jammu and
Kashmir, Building Constituencies of Peace:
Stakeholders in Dialogue X (2008)
The two day workshop Creating Stories for Children
in Jammu and Kashmir was organized with the intent to create a safe
space for self expression in order to recover through children's stories,
the language of co-existence and diversity of Jammu & Kashmir and to
reintroduce this form in formal and informal spaces. This publication
documents the poceedings of the Writers workshop held in Srinagar in
2007.
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Sumona
DasGupta and Navanita Sinha, Cultural Initiatives for Peace and Reconciliation:
Alternative Pathways, Building Constituencies of Peace: Stakeholders
in Dialogue XI (2008)
As
a follow up to operationalize the broad recommendations of the working
group on Cultural Initiatives for Peace and Reconciliation: Alternative
Pathways, the meeting of the Working Group on Cultural Initiatives for
Peace and Reconciliation was convened at Srinagar on November 12, 2007.
It brought together 40 participants with their roots in the three regions
of Jammu, Kashmir, and Ladakh in order to develop a plan of action for
the group for the next three to four months. The meeting sought to channelize
the emerging “multilogues” to bolster the ongoing processes
of peace and reconciliation. This publication documents the outcome
of the deliberations.
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Sumona
DasGupta and Navanita Sinha, Gender,
Violence and Rights: Exploring Responses from Jammu and Kashmir, Building
Constituencies of Peace: Stakeholders in Dialogue XII (2008)
A
series of workshops were held with samanbal members from Jammu, Bijbehara,
Budgam and Pulwama and teacher trainers from Srinagar on the themes
of Gender, Violence and Rights . This publication explores and collates
the multitude of responses on domestic violence, its nature and manifestations
as well as possible avenues for protection against it, from these different
constituencies in Jammu & Kashmir.
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Resource
Books
WISCOMP
Resource Books present the highlights of events such as the South Asian
symposia, the Conflict Transformation workshops, roundtables and conferences.
These books include information on the outcome, lessons learned, best
practices and recommendations for praxis and policy.
This working
paper documents the proceedings of two Roundtable discussions on Gender
Perspectives to Conflict Coverage and The Role of Women Mediapersons.
It analyses women’s role in the creation of a comprehensive understanding
of conflict and peacebuilding.
This publication
is based on the proceedings of the Roundtable on Non-Military Variables
of Security organized in February 2001. It documents the views of young
Pakistani scholars and practitioners on the issue of human security.
This is
a report of the proceedings of the First Conflict Transformation Workshop
2001. The workshop marked the initiation of the Conflict Transformation
program aimed at facilitating exchange of views and collaborations for
peace between young Indians and Pakistanis.
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Meenakshi
Gopinath, Sumona DasGupta and Nandita Surendran, Conflict
Resolution: Trends and Prospects, WISCOMP Symposium Report (2003)
The symposium
on Conflict Resolution: Trends and Prospects was a step in the
direction of exploring the spaces that can be found for an unfettered
dialogue that moves us beyond the realist paradigm to a vocabulary of
mutuality and cooperation.
This documents
the proceedings of the Roundtable discussion organized in November 2002,
which dealt with the changing discourse of diplomacy and the new concepts
being embraced by the Indian government. Public diplomacy and business/economic
diplomacy were cited as important components of diplomatic activity.
This comprises
the proceedings of the Second Conflict Transformation Workshop organized
in 2003, providing an overview of the theory and practice of Conflict
Transformation.
This provides
an overview of the issues, concepts, ideas and thoughts that were put
forth and generated in the course of the symposium organized by WISCOMP
in collaboration with International Institute for Democracy and Electoral
Assistance (IDEA)
The publication
documents the proceeding of the Third Annual Conflict Transformation
Workshop held in September 2004.
This
documents the proceedings of the Fourth Annual Conflict Transformation
Workshop, October 2005. Dialogue and leadership form the focus
of the report.
The
publication documents the dialogues on Kashmir that formed part of the
Conflict Transformation Workshops of 2004 and 2005, thus presenting
a civil society dialogue on the issue. It delves into proposals for
resolution of the conflict, and lessons that may be drawn from other
regions of conflict where conflicts have been transformed non-violently.
This
working paper is the outcome of a plenary lecture delivered as part
of the annual Conflict Transformation workshop in 2005. Elaborating
on the conceptualization of multi-track diplomacy, the paper emphasizes
participatory dialogue processes and collaborative problem-solving.
This
working paper is the outcome of a presentation made at the annual Conflict
Transformation Workshop in 2005. The paper traces the development of
the composite dialogue between India and Pakistan.
This
working paper is the outcome of a presentation made at the annual Conflict
Transformation Workshop organized by WISCOMP in October 2005. Dr. Udayakumar’s
paper highlights the crucial linkages between justice, reconciliation
and coexistence. It emphasizes the need for peacebuilders to identify
indigenous resources and evolve methods for justice and reconciliation
specific to the culture and practice of a given society.
Prof.
Cheema’s paper delves into some of the options available for addressing
the conflict. It delineates the factors that impede a constructive engagement
between India and Pakistan, and calls upon the countries to recognize
each other’s sensitivities and identify common interests. This working
paper is the outcome of a presentation made at the annual Conflict Transformation
workshop, October 2005.
This
working paper is the outcome of an interactive session conducted by
Ms. Priya Parker as part of the annual Conflict Transformation workshop
in October 2005. The paper weaves a pattern of linkages between the
theory and practice of dialogue, suggesting a focus on building capacity
for Conflict Transformation. It introduces the methodology of Sustained
Dialogue – a seminal conceptualization of dialogic engagement developed
by Dr. Harold Saunders.
This
working paper is the outcome of a plenary lecture delivered at the Conflict
Transformation workshop in 2005. It highlights strategic and political
aspects of Conflict Transformation, and the importance of grassroots
peacebuilding. The paper focuses on the lessons learned from the experiences
of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
This
resource book interrogates the security discourse and explores its changing
contours. It draws from the proceedings of the Regional Conference on
Non-Traditional Security Discourse: Gender and South Asia organized
in December 2003, with thematic focus on displacement, transnational
flows, intra-state conflicts, peacemaking and peacebuilding providing
the socio-economic specificities of the new challenges to security of
states and citizens.
This
is the first in the series of collaborative research projects conducted
jointly by "third generation" Pakistanis and Indians who attend
the WISCOMP Conflict Transformation Workshops. The research explores
how teachers in India and Pakistan induce "enemy images" in
the minds of students, and how this indoctrination influences processes
of peacebuilding and nation-building. Through an in-depth analysis of
school textbooks from both countries, it highlights instances of distortion
of history to meet political objectives.
Based
on the proceedings of the WISCOMP Scholars of Peace Fellows’ Symposium
on Dialogue Processes in India, this report explores the concept of
Dialogue as a framework of understanding and methodology of transforming
conflict. Through the experiences and insights of the WISCOMP fellows,
it also looks at the status of dialogue processes in regions of conflict,
and the efficacy of dialogue when dealing with structural violence.
This
publication examines the insights and debates that have emerged from
the modules that have focused on Kashmir in the WISCOMP Conflict Transformation
Workshops over the last six years. The modules on Kashmir have used
different formats of exploration including films, art and theater, in
addition to roundtables, participant-led workshops and panel discussions.
These have provided creative ways of understanding multiple dimensions
of the conflict.
Based
on a panel discussion led by educationists from India and Pakistan titled
School Curriculum and Pedagogy in India and Pakistan and a participant-led
workshop on Content Analysis of Textbooks from the two countries, this
publication examines the role of education as a tool for building peace,
and promoting values and skills for nonviolent action.
Drawing
from sessions on regional identity and security in South Asia, part
of the Conflict Transformation Workshop 2006, this publication examines
the emergence of a regional identity in the region, and delves into
issues of security that ramify beyond national frontiers: management
of nuclear capabilities, and energy and water security. It brings into
focus both ideas of cohesiveness and cooperation, and institutions that
facilitate collective decision-making.
This
two-part monograph examines the nature of issues taken up by the news
media and popular media (encompassing films and cultural exchanges) that
are considered to be milestones in the India-Pakistan relationship.
Drawing on learnings from interactions with mediapersons and film discussions
that have formed part of WISCOMP's Conflict Transformation Workshop
trajectory, this publication examines the role assumed by the media
in creating an environment in which politics plays itself out.
Peace
Journalism is a new approach to reporting conflict that is a fairer,
broader and more accurate way of framing stories. This publication documents
the proceedings of a workshop on peace jo urnalism. The participants
included media students from Jammu and Kashmir.The two-day workshop
was conceptualized to help translate the principles of peace journalism
into concrete tools for action, especially in the context of media reportage
on Jammu and Kashmir.
Based
on the proceedings of WISCOMP forum on Disasters and Security
which brought together researchers and practitioners, this Report provides
a summary of the issues raised when disasters are viewed in the contexts
of gender, displacement, the role of state and civil society, diplomacy
and conflict resolution. It includes a list of ideas for follow-up action
and a select bibliography on disasters and security.
This report documents the proceedings of the Fifth Conflict Transformation
Workshop held in October-November 2006 in New Delhi. The Workshop employed
the framework of multi-track diplomacy to facilitate discussions on
Indo-Pak peace process and cooperative security in South Asia.
This publication is based on the proceedings of the Roundtable held
in New Delhi in July 2007 which hosted over sixty practitioners, academicians,
intellectuals, and civil society leaders working on different aspects
of justice and reconciliation.
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Harsh
Mander, Towards Healing? Seeking Paths for Justice and Reconciliation
in Gujarat, WISCOMP (2008)
 This
book is the result of the engagement of a bureaucrat – turned
activist with issues of justice and reconciliation in the aftermath
of the carnage that swept Gujarat in early 2002. The outcome of the
research project facilitated by WISCOMP, it raises fundamental questions
about the possibility and indeed ethicality of processes of dialogue
in a situation fraught with fear, violence, suspicion and persecution.
The book is divided into two sections. While the first by Harsh Mander
documents the Nyayagraha experiment, the second section is photographer
and filmmaker Akanksha Joshi’s exploration of photographs and
stories from Gujarat.
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