Women Gun Survivors: Life in Indian-Occupied India

A form of martial law has existed in Northeast India ever since 1949, when kingdoms there were forced into becoming part of greater India. Women who have suffered directly and indirectly from gun violence are organized to try to keep things calm and seek justice, and call for real participation in democracy, including decisions on resource exploitation.

Binalakshmi Nepram, founder of Women Gun Survivors, in the Indian state of Manipur, author of three books on India and militarism, and recipient of a the Dalai Lama Foundation’s WISCOMP Scholar of Peace Award, for work on women and peace.

Interview recorded at the WILPF Women Stop War conference in April 2015 in The Hague.

Interview by Rosemary Whalley, editing by Laura Yaros, producers of Matrix at CINQ-FM in Montreal. Series producer, Frieda Werden.


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