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 and Peacebuilding Workshop
The WISCOMP team conducted a two-day Peacebuilding Workshop for political science students at Loreto College, Kolkata on December 7-8, 2007. A first of its kind at Loreto, the Workshop sought to introduce the students to the field of peacebuilding, with a special emphasis on Conflict Prevention and Conflict Transformation Frameworks. To maximize learning, the WISCOMP team employed multiple teaching formats such as lecture, group discussion, role plays, debriefing, films and audio-visual presentations. A central theme at the Workshop was the role of women in peacebuilding, which drew extensively on lessons from WISCOMP’s Athwaas initiative in Jammu and Kashmir.
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.
