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| Kathmandu, Wednesday March 12, 2003 Falgun 28, 2059. |
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Representation of women
victims in peace talks sought
Post Report
KATHMANDU, March 11 : Women victims of the armed
conflict should find representation in peace negotiations as per the spirit of UN Security
Resolution 1325 concerning the protection of rights and security of women and children.
This view was expressed at the 14th interaction
programme organised today by Nagarik Aawaz (citizens’ voice) on UN Resolution 1325,
which emphasises the role of state in the protection of the rights of women victims and
those displaced by war. The resolution was passed in October 2000 as per the spirit of
Beijing declaration and working plan on Women 2000: Gender equality, development and world
peace for the 21st century.
Highlighting the importance of UN resolution,
Sobha Gautam, the chairperson of the Institute Human Rights Commission, Nepal said there
should be representation of women war victims in all decision-making processes from
grassroots to the central level.
She also informed that her organisation is set
to launch advocacy programmes for village women in five conflict-affected districts on the
UN Resolution 1325 along with income-generating programmes. Anjana Shakya of INHURED said
indigenous communities who have been largely marginalised too should be brought into the
framework of the peace process.
"The peace negotiations would not be
sustainable if we ignore the voice of people at the grassroots levels," she said.
Attributing the structural violence to the
Nepali education system, she said the education system in Nepal has not integrated 60 per
cent of marginalised indigenous population into it.
Radha Budathoki, spokesperson of Nepal Samata
Party said the present government is willing to include women in the peace talks
committee. She also called on the government to deliver justice to the war-victimised
women without delay. A large number of village women have been sexually abused and killed
by the warring sides.
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