A New Resource: "The Status Of The War Widows In Sri Lanka: A Fact Finding Report"
"The State war executed under the pretext of eliminating the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) on the Tamils, by the Sri Lankan army over a period of time more intensively in the month of May 2009, was nothing but a well planned and executed ethnic cleansing of the Sri Lankan Tamils. It played havoc in the lives of hundreds of thousands of innocent Tamil civilians.They lost their identity and were left without their family, homes, lands and other belongings. The plight of women specifically the war consequential widows were manifold.
The government of Sri Lanka continues to show to the world a glossy picture that they have totally rehabilitated the survivors through resettlements. However the reports of the international communities and human rights activists give a gory picture.
It is against this back drop that a team of five members from Malaysia, Tamil Nadu, India undertook a fact finding mission to the war affected areas of the North East. To the team’s shock it was found that over 90000 women became widows and over 40000 were mutilated as a consequence of more than 30 years of war, the fact finding mission was an opportunity to unearth the facts pertaining to the hard reality by directly interviewing the victimized women and obtaining first hand information. This report is a brief narration of the traumatic experiences faced by the victimized women and the facts regarding the current socio economic and political status of the plight of the victimized women..."
To read the report, please download the following document
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Member of the Fact Finding Team