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Abstract:
"Based on primary interviews conducted with women involved in the Kachin
armed resistance movement and in Kachin women?s peace networks, this
article explores the many roles women play in the armed conflict in Myanmar,
highlighting how identities shaped by ethnicity, religion, gender and class
influence participation in the armed struggle and inform women?s actions.
This article
will show how, in Kachin state, the reasons why women from
religious- and ethnic-minority groups enlist in ethno-political organizations
include experiences of oppression, a dearth of social services, poverty, gender-
based violence and nationalism. In other words, these women?s participation
in the armed struggle is motivated largely by political and ideological
purposes closely related to their identities as members of ethnic and religious
minorities. Interestingly, this also seems to inform the motivations of women
who join the peace movement, and who advocate the inclusion of women in
public deliberations on the conflict and for an end to the war. This means that
women have expectations for what peace and security means to them, and as
political agents, are able to act on their motivations if needed. This research
will bring to the forefront the narratives of religious- and ethnic-minority
women in Myanmar, who are typically sidelined from public discussions
and state-building exercises in post-conflict settings. In doing so, it will
highlight their expectations for political action and settlements, enhancing
and broadening analyses of the conflict in Myanmar".....This entry contains the full text of the report (which has chapters on Afghanistan, Myanmar, Philippines and Rwanda) plus the individual chapter on Myanmar in Burmese and English.
Source/publisher:
International Idea
Date of Publication:
2016-01-27
Date of entry:
2016-01-27
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- Individual Documents
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Language:
English, Burmese (မြန်မာဘာသာ)
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