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A network of women civil society leaders working together to advance women’s rights and regional peace in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and India. 

#VoicesTogether

WHAT IS

WOMEN'S

REGIONAL

NETWORK?

Community Conversations

12 March: New York

14 March: Washington DC

21 May: Ottawa

18-20 June: Geneva

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.

OUR APPROACH

OUR ADVOCACY APPROACH

Women bear the brunt of forcible displacement.

 

Community Conversations are honest conversations with displaced women to capture their concerns, needs, testimonies, and solutions to inform political discourse and policy.

WE KNOW THAT

Empowering young women is the key to a just peace.

 

We support young women's leadership development by providing learning and mentoring opportunities, hosting digital cross-border exchanges, and sharing stories of change and resilience. 

Photo © Ellen Jaskol CAI, Afghanistan
WHERE WE WORK

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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