A network of women civil society leaders working together to advance women’s rights and regional peace in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and India.
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WHAT IS
WOMEN'S
REGIONAL
NETWORK?
Community Conversations
This document highlights lessons learnt, challenges, and reflections on building a network and key initiatives for potential future activists to take forward. It is our hope that these reflections and recommendations can support the next generation of feminist network builders who continue the ongoing and ever needed work of advocating for women’s rights. 17 October 2024
The research study centres on the experiences of women who actively engaged in the WRN Community Conversations (CC) across various districts of Sri Lanka, including: Jaffna, Mannar, Trincomalee, Batticaloa, Colombo, Nuwara Eliya, Puthlam, and Colombo.
WRN has dedicated its efforts to addressing and advocating for the rights, freedoms, and full participation of women and girls in South Asia the past 14 years and in East Africa for the past 5 years. Our work has taken on added urgency and depth as we focus on the dire human rights violations against Afghan women and girls.
WE BELIEVE THAT
Women are the key to constructing an indivisible and sustainable peace predicated on justice.
Afghanistan, Pakistan and India make up the crossroads of South Asia.
It has become hard to narrate an Afghan, a Pakistani, or indeed an Indian story divorced from the internecine conflict - internal or international. On their own, neither the State nor the private sphere can be relied upon to guarantee women’s freedom from violence and harassment, or fair and impartial justice. Therefore, it is critical that women civil society organizations work collaboratively to face the multitude of threats women face inside and outside of their homes.
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