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
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