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Guns and roses
Each year, an average 300 widows emerge from Manipur’s bloodied soil. The idea for the Manipuri Women Gun Survivor Network (MWGSN) came from an incident on December 24, 2004, when 27-year-old Buddhi Moirangthem was gunned down. Days after the i
ncident, MWGSN gave his wife a sewing machine. MWGSN helps women survivors of gun violence find ways to heal the scars caused by decades of living under the shadow of the gun. By supporting women economically and assisting them in small-scale entrepreneurial work, we build sustainable livelihood measures. Through our ‘Solidarity Networks’, young people who believe in controlling the use and spread of small arms, assist these women. We also need to work with Governments, the U.N. and the civil society at large to keep our work going. That is why we formed the Control Arms Foundation of India (CAFI). I believe youth and women have a powerful role to play in conflict prevention.
BINALAKSHMI NEPRAM
Founder, MWGSN and Secretary-General, CAFI, New Delhi
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