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)
Conflict Transformation Workshop for Indian
and Tibetan Youth Leaders
A
key goal of WISCOMP is to initiate ‘inter-cultural’ conflict
transformation workshops for youth leaders from diverse cultures.
Using this methodology, the WISCOMP team collaborated with the Tibetan
Center for Conflict Resolution to conduct a three-day intensive training
for young women and men from Tibet and India. Each participant was
carefully selected in order to build strategic relationships between
youth leaders living in the state of Himachal Pradesh. The purpose
was also to empower them with skills in active nonviolence to deal
with local, intercommunity conflicts in the state.
In
this context, WISCOMP brought together 30 youth leaders in Dharamsala
to:
• Strengthen the historical relationship between Indians and
Tibetans;
• Enable the participants to become “role models”
for nonviolence and compassion in their communities;
• Facilitate coexistence between the Indian and Tibetan communities
and celebrate their diverse traditions.
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.
