ABSTRACT
This chapter presents findings from a qualitative study on women’s perspectives on the peace process in Myanmar, focuses on the views of women survivors and women leaders involved in the promotion of women’s rights. It investigates what the women leaders and survivors want, in terms of women’s engagement in the peace process, and main outcomes of the process. The chapter provides a brief history of the conflict and an overview of the peace process. Most of the interviews were conducted in Burmese and Kachin languages, though interviews with Ta’ang women survivors were done in Ta’ang language and translated into Burmese by a female native Ta’ang speaker, before translation into English. Women survivors of conflict said that their top priorities were to see an end to war and human rights violations, particularly those affecting women in conflict-affected areas, to be able to live safely and freely in their areas.
