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 and
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, 7th August 2010

Venue: Conference Room No 413 Bosco Reachout, Bholanath Mandir Lane,
B K Kakoti Road, Ulubari, Guwahati, Assam
Phone No: +91 - 361 - 2515501 / 2633733
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.

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 Keynote Address by Ms. Monisha Behal, Chairperson, North East Network (NEN), New
Delhi
11.00 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

11.15 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 (tbc)

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 “Stories of Naga Women Taking the Lead Towards Peace“ By Ms Elizabeth Imti, Lecturer,
Fazal Ali College, Mokokchung, Nagaland(tbc)
12.30 pm “Assam’s Conflict and Finding Ways to Solution Through Women’s Work, Writing and
Activism” by Ms Rakhee Kalita, Lecturer, Dept. of English, Cotton College, Gauhati
12:45 pm “Ethnic Women Minority and Peace Building in Manipur” by Ms Sumshot Khullar,
Research Fellow, Foundation for Social Transformation, Chandel, Manipur

1.00 pm Consultation Time/ Questions from the floor

01.05 pm Lunch Break

Timing Consultative Conclave : Session III - Taking Charge of Our lives, Our rights
Chair: Ms Ketaki Bardaloi, Executive Director, Foundation for Social Transformation,
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 “Indigenous Women of Tripura’s Effort for Peace Building” by Ms Atukwri Jamatia, All
Twipra Indigenous & Minority Association (ATIMA), Tripura

2.45 pm “Legal Rights of Women in a Conflict Zone” by Ms Debasmita Ghose, Advocate, Human
Rights Law Network, Guwahati, Assam

3.00 pm Consultation Time/ Questions from the floor

Timing Concluding Session

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

3.40 pm Valedictory Address by Ms Jarjume Ite, Former Chairperson, Arunachal Pradesh State
Commission for Women and President, Galo Welfare Society (GWS), Itanagar,
 Arunachal Pradesh

3. 55 pm Vote of thanks By Ms Mary D Khuvung, Control Arms Foundation of India

4.05 pm Tea

For any questions and participation, please contact the following

Ms Binalakshmi Nepram & Ms Mary D Khuvung
B 5 / 146, First Floor, Safdarjung Enclave, New Delhi - 110 029
Phone: +91-11-46018541 Mobile: 98682333734 & 9891513551
Email: Binalakshmi@gmail.com/ Marycafi@gmail.com