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Myanmar
Monash Gender, Peace and Security Center, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia.ORCID iD: 0000-0002-9535-3276
2015 (English)In: Women in conflict and peace / [ed] Jenny Hedström; Thiyumi Senarathna, Stockholm: International IDEA , 2015, 1, p. 61-87Chapter in book (Refereed)
Abstract [en]

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 article1 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.

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Stockholm: International IDEA , 2015, 1. p. 61-87
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URN: urn:nbn:se:oru:diva-81387ISBN: 978-91-7671-014-2 (print)OAI: oai:DiVA.org:oru-81387DiVA, id: diva2:1427155
Available from: 2020-04-29 Created: 2020-04-29 Last updated: 2020-05-08Bibliographically approved

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