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The Naga Women's Interventions for Peace The Naga Women's Interventions For Peace BY PAULA BANERJEE Cet article examine les negotiations des femmes dans les A short history of the political conjits au Nagaland (In&) et leurs interventions pour conflict in Nagaland instaurer h paix qui, fait remarquer l'auteure,ont non Women's seulement redejini la paix mais transformk les relations The British entered the region in negotiations homme/femme dans cette region. 1826 during the Burmese invasions. Through the Treaty ofyandaboo in with conf in South Asia has witnessed immense turmoil in the last two 1826 they gained political control Nagaland have decades. The region has seen an escalation of violence to over what is today Northeast India. an unprecedented scale. The energies with which smaller There was little effort by the British led to a groups are claiming their rights to cultural survival against to either integrate, modernize, or redef in iti on the state have seriously challenged the concept of the state administer this area. They hardly of peace and as a neutral umpire in intra-state conflict. Very few studies paid attention to the tribal people of have been done on intra-state conflicts in South Asia and the Northeast and did not even con- f ran~formed even less have focused on women in conflict situations in sider them as members of the politi- gender relations the region. What we do know of are the rare experiences cal community of India. When in of exceptional women who have devoted their lives to 1937 tribal leaders in Aimal de- in Nagaland. political causes. Only recently has there been an effort to manded representation in the legis- study women's multi-dimensional responses to some ex- lature, their demand was not only ceptional South Asian conflicts.' ignored by the British, theywere also imprisoned (Prasad). There is, however, no analysis ofwomen's lived experi- It was the British who first referred to the, at least, 40 ences in the Northeast. One reason may be that it is ethnic groups living between the Chindwin and the extremely difficult to work in the Northeast as the region- Brahmaputra plains as the Nagas (Hazarika). In so doing, presents a microcosm of all the problematic postcolonial they ignored the fact that these people had different tribal developments that are currently existent in South Asia. It affiliations and consequently, different ways of life and is a region with numerous tribal populations, each of customs. Among the more populous ofthe Naga tribes are whom speaking different languages and practice different the Angami, Ao, Rengma, Tangkhul, and Sema. They religions, including Christianity, Hinduism, and Islam. It have a shared historical experience and a great love for is also on the border between India and four other states: independence, and despite being under British rule, de- China, Myanmar, Bangladesh, and Bhutan. Often, tribes manded separation from India. The British, however, from this part share cultural affinities with people across ignored their demands and Nagaland has since been the border. Nagaland, situated in the Northeast corner of marginalized from mainstream Indian politics. Among India, is one of the smallest states of the sub-continent the nationalist leaders only Subhas Bose made any effort with a population of 1,209,546 (Census Report). The to incorporate the Naga question within his political people of Nagaland argue that their region is really West- agenda when he accepted Angami Zapu Phizo's,-leader ern Nagaland and that Eastern Nagaland is somewhere in ofthe Naga nationalist movement and the President ofthe Myanmar. This confusion over national borders adds to Naga National Council-program for autonomy. Phizo the complexity of the Nagaland situation. inspired the Nagas to fight alongside the Indian National A study of the effects of violence on women in this Army for independence. But when Bose disappeared from region is particularly important because this is the longest the Indian political scene, the Naga question for inde- theatre of insurgencies in India and it is from this region pendence was forgotten. that the Government of India faced its first major chal- After the independence ofIndia, the Nagas were neither lenge to its nation-building program when the Nagas re- granted autonomy nor statehood. Theywere placed within volted in 1947.2This article focuses on women's negotia- the greater region of Assam. The Nagas remained dissat- tions with conflict in Nagaland, especially their interven- isfied and the Naga National Council (NNC),under the tions for peace. These interventions have led to a redefini- leadership of Phizo, launched a movement for freedom. tion ofpeace and transformed gender relations in Nagaland. Over the years the movement became extremely violent. VOLUME 19, NUMBER 4 137 An exceptional characteristic ofthe Nagamovement- for village council but women are not allowed to do so in any independence was the inclusion of women even among of the other tribes. An Angami matriarch can wield enor- armed rebel groups. In 1960, as a response to this move- mous influencewithin the family but not in clan meetings ment, the Naga Hill district and the former Tuensang whereas Ao women may play a greater public role. division of the North Eastern Frontier Administration Even where gender indexes are concerned, women in (NEFA)were constituted into a separate state called Nagaland present a diverse picture. For example, they Nagaland. have one of the worst sex ratios in India with only 890 Even after achieving statehood, however, Nagaland women to a thousand men (Census Report). Usually, in remained recalcitrant and increasingly strong protests areas of prolonged political violence there is a higher - ~ -. were generated from that region. female-to-male sex ratio as more men die because of on- The Sino-Indian border war and going conflict. This is not the case in Nagaland, where the the subsequent shift in Indian re- female-to-male sex ratio has steadily decreased over the The Naga- gional ambitions led to further last 50 years.3 This points to the particularly difficult life rebel g rou effortsto militarize the border and women in Nagaland have as a result of the ongoing armed the periphery. When this caused a conflicts in this region and their continuous victimization are known to backlash, the Border Security by the army and by rival rebel groups. we Icome WO men Forces were introduced. Paradoxically, however, thestatus ofwomen in Nagaland- In the early 1970s the army is not particularly low. In fact, the situation of the girl mem hers and moved into Nagaland and has re- child is much better than in most other states in India. women in mained in the region to this day. Girls have a better chance of acquiring an education in Nags land are In 1975 the Shillong Accord was Nagaland than in other parts of India and over 56 per cent signed with the insurgents, but ofNagawomen are literate in a country where the national joining the proved to be a temporary settle- average is only 39.4 per cent (Census Report). The num- insurgent groups ment. The Accord resulted in a ber of professional women is also on the increase and the split into two factions of the Na- number of female graduates- of law schools has increased large numhers. tionalist Socialist Council of every year over the last ten years (Directorate of Econom- Nagaland (NSCN)-the main in- ics and Statistics). The number of female teachers in the surgent group in Nagaland. One only law college has also doubled in the last five years. Even was led by T. H. Muiva and Isaac Swu (NSCN-IM)and the in primary schools there are almost equal numbers ofmale other by Khaplang (NSCN-K).The Khaplang faction re- and female students (Directorate of Economics and Sta- ceived support from the Ao region of Mokokchung, the tistics) .4 districts of Mon, and parts of Tuensang. The rest of the Another advantage is that women form the bulk of the state is dominated by the Isaac-Muivah faction. cultivators in rural areas (Directorate of Economics and Since 1991, inter-factional conflict has escalated in Na- Stati~tics)~whichguarantees them a certain degree of eco- galand. The Nagas have also come into conflict with the nomic self-sufficiency. The Nagas have, however, tradi- Kukis of Nagaland and Manipur resulting in an even tionally practiced jhurn, or "slash and burn" cultivation. greater blood-bath. The international dimensions of this They are currently being forced to abandon this kind of conflict have also escalated, and at different times, the cultivation as it leads to ecological disaster. As a result, Nagas have received support from China, Myanmar, and greater numbers ofwomen are joining the ranks of unem- Pakistan. Some progress has been made in this time; when ployed and the government has established no substantial the NSCN received international recognition in The Hague program for women's alternative income-generation. in 1992 and were admitted into the Unrepresented Na- The Naga rebel groups are known to welcome women tions and Peoples' Organizations, it was considered a members and women in Nagaland are joining the insur- tremendous coup (Achay). gent groups in large numbers. All rebel groups have a In 1997 the NSCN (the Isaac-Muivah faction) and the women's faction. However, the number ofwomen mem- Government of India signed a ceasefire. The Khaplang bers cannot be ascertained due to the clandestine nature of faction was not included. Women's groups were actively the groups. According to insiders, the number is fairly involved in the negotiations- for a ceasefire, but these high (over ten percent). One reason why an increasing women were not members ofthe rebel groups, rather they number ofwomen are joining these groups may be the fact were part of a number of different women's peace groups that it is an alternative means of economic sustenance.
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