The need to secure women’s participation in peacebuilding has been recognised for decades by the UN, but it fails to acknowledge the role of refugee women in peacebuilding, reports News Drum.
Refugee women from Myanmar have been active in peacebuilding for many years: Naw Zoya Phan (Burma Campaign UK’s Campaigns Manager) was elected as a Young Global Leader of the World Economic Forum.
Yet most international peacebuilding projects did not engage with refugees outside Myanmar. Refugees, including refugee women, should be included as active participants in repatriation discussions.