Women at the Heart of Peace

Photo courtesy of Global Communities During a recent discussion with members of the Islamic community in Mawanella, an elderly Muslim woman shared a thought that captured the essence of Sri Lanka’s long struggle toward reconciliation. “Women have a leading role to play in peace and in reducing violence,” she said. “Peace is not only for men. Maybe war is men’s work but peace is for all.” Her words, shaped by decades of witnessing conflict and coexistence, remind us that women have always carried the weight of both war and peace even when their contributions remained unrecognised. Sri Lankan history and the…

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