Up Country Tamils: Charting a New Future in Sri Lanka from participating in any decision-making process. This once again paves the way to non-recognition of their issues in the ongoing transitional justice process. The following recommendations were drawn from the ideas of the women interviewed and the secondary sources. There should be a collaborative effort in order to make sure that Up-country Tamil women are included in ongoing TJ processes. State institutions and mechanisms should make sure that Up-Country Tamil women are included in the ongoing TJ processes, conduct necessary awareness raising programs on TJ mechanisms in the Up-country, and localise the CTFRM report and its recommendations among Up-country Tamil women. Women’s Organisations who work in the Up-country area, as well as those who work in other districts on TJ, have the obligations to ensure an inclusive TJ process. Thus, they should conduct comprehensive research to identify the issues faced by Up-country Tamil Women as a result of ethnic conflict, to map the organisations who work in and with Up-country Tamils, and to conduct targeted advocacy activities with relevant stakeholders so that Up-country Tamil women are included in the discussions, consultations, and workshops on TJ. Organisations working with the Up-country community should create a database to document the details of disappeared persons, arrested under PTA and violent activities towards Upcountry Tamil people. They need to work with other women’s organisations to bring forth the issues faced by Up-country Tamil women as a result of ethnic conflict and publicise the problems 76

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