Programme Schedule

Second Consultative Conclave of Women from Northeast India

Northeast India Women Initiative for Peace

A framework for action for democracy, human rights, economic justice
& conflict prevention in India’s Northeast region

Manipur Women Gun Survivor Network and Control Arms Foundation of India
in collaboration with
North Eastern Social Research Centre (NESRC) Guwahati, Assam

Date: Saturday, 7August 2010

Venue: Conference Room 4I3, Bosco Reach Out
Bholanath Mandir Lane, B K Kakoti Road, Ulubari, Guwahati, Assam.
Time: 9 am to 4 pm

Timing Programme Schedule

9: 00 am Registration

Timing Conclave Session I : Introduction

10.00 am Welcome by Dr Gita Bharali, Director, Research North East Social Research Centre,
Guwahati, Assam

10.05 am Introduction to the Second Consultative Conclave By Ms Binalakshmi Nepram, Founder,

Manipur Women Gun Survivor Network & Secretary General, Control Arms Foundation of
India
10.15 am
Film on “Four women peacemakers - their personal stories of courage, achievement and
hope”. Courtesy : Joan B. Kroc Institute for Peace and Justice, San Diego
10.30 am
Inaugural Address : "The Need for Women in Northeast India to take Initiatives in
Bringing Peace" by Mr Subir Bhaumik, BBC Correspondent, Kolkata
10.45 am
Address on “From Village to Negotiating Table: Women Taking Lead and Making Policy
Changes for Peace” by Mrs Khesheli Chishi, Convener, Indigeneous Women’s Forum for
North East India (IWFNEI) & Former President, Naga Mothers Association
11.00 am
Tea Break

Timing Consultative Conclave Session II: Listening to each other - Stories of Women and War
in Northeast India Region. Chair: Ms Anuradha Dutta, Former professor of peace studies
at Omeo Kumar Das Institute of Social Change & Development Guwahati

11.30 am “Tools of Peace Making in India’s Northeast” by Dr Nani Mahanta, Associate Professor,
Department of Political Science, Guwahati University, Assam

11.45 am “Impact on Women on Development Induced Dispalcement and Human Security in

Assam” by Dr Gita Bharali, Director of Research North East Social Research Centre,
 Guwahat
12.00 pm
“Involving women in Governance - Manipur Conflict and Women Leadership in
Bringing the Needed Peace” by Ms Nonibala, Secretary, Integrated Rural Development
Service Organisation (IRDSO), Manipur
12.15pm
“Assam’s Conflict and Finding Ways to Solution Through Women’s Work, Writing and
Activism” by Dr Rakhee Kalita, Associate Professor, Dept. of English, Cotton College,
12.30 pm Guwahati

12:45 pm Consultation Time/ Questions from the floor

Lunch Break

Timing Consultative Conclave : Session III - Taking Charge of Our lives, Our rights. Chair : Dr
Rakhee Kalita, Associate Professor, Dept. of English, Cotton College, Guwahati

2.00 pm “Women and Conflict: Implementing United Nations Security Council Resolution
1325/1820 and Convention on the Elimination of all forms of Discrimination against
Women (CEDAW) in India’s Northeast” by Ms Sreekala, Executive Director, North East
Network , Guwahati
2.15 pm
“Economic Empowerment of Survivors of Gun Violence: Case Study of Manipur Women
Gun Survivors Network” by Ms Reena Mutum, Manipur Women Gun Survivors Network,
Imphal, Manipur
2.30 pm
“Ethnic Women Minority and Peace Building in Manipur” by Ms Sumshot Khullar,
Research Fellow, Foundation for Social Transformation, Chandel, Manipur
2.45 pm
“Indigenous Women of Tripura’s Effort for Peace Building” by Ms Atukwri Jamatia, All
Twipra Indigenous & Minority Association (ATIMA), Tripura
3.00 pm
“Legal Rights of Women in a Conflict Zone” by Ms Debasmita Ghose, Advocate, Human
Rights Law Network, Guwahati, Assam

Consultation Time/ Questions from the floor

Timing Concluding Session. Chair : Ms Sreekala, Executive Director, North East Network ,
Guwahati
3.30 pm “Stories of Naga Women Taking the Lead Towards Peace“ By Ms Elizabeth Imti, Lecturer,
Fazal Ali College, Mokokchung, Nagaland

3.40 pm Working together to Draft the Second Frame-Work of Action for democracy, human
rights, economic justice and conflict prevention in India’s Northeast.

3. 55 pm Valedictory Address

4.00 pm Vote of thanks By Ms Mary D Khuvung, Control Arms Foundation of India