Forgotten Experiences of Up-country Tamil Women in Transitional Justice faced by women as bulletins, briefing papers, and as advocacy documents. These resources will open up spaces and platforms for women to participate in decision-making and express their opinions and views. Plantation trade unions should support civil society organisations in their efforts to document and create a database on affected people and have discussions with plantation managements to ensure affected people get reparation and get employment security. Furthermore, they are also capable of carrying out advocacy initiatives to include Up-country Tamils in ongoing TJ processes. The conflict itself has had a major impact on Up-country Tamil women. They have faced language barriers when accessing public services, security issues, economic burdens, and threats and intimidation similar to those faced by women in the North and East. Therefore, it is necessary to identify them as a war-affected group and document their specific concerns. By doing so, these women’s voices will be heard in the ongoing TJ processes in Sri Lanka. Moreover, state and civil society actors, including women’s organisations, must ensure that Up-country Tamil women are able to access and utilise any Transitional Justice mechanisms which may be created. 77

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