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Dear Friends,
Warm greetings from Manipur Women Gun Survivors Network & Northeast India Women Initiative for Peace.
MWGSN & NEIWIP believes in the human right of every woman, man, youth and child to peace. War and violence result in the systemic and sweeping denial of civil and political rights, along with economic, social, and cultural rights as scarce resources are expended on weapons and preparation for war. Whats more, the aftermath of wars can be destructive and devastating on the lives of the people that are constantly exploited and assaulted. Our work continues and we resolutely stand by our belief that enduring peace will be attained only when all human rights are fulfilled. We continue our journey in ensuring that the human rights of all persons to peace is inextricably linked to all other human rights - rights that are universal, indivisible, interconnected and interdependent.
In our first issues of 2025, we shared articles and stories covering three key issues related to our work. This is followed by important news from Northeast India where MWGSN and NEIWIP have been working for the past 15 years.
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Northeast India Women Initiative for Peace (NEIWIP) is a network of women organizations that are working for peace in the northeast region of India. Northeast India comprising of the eight states of Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Tripura and Sikkim is facing the onslaught of multiple armed conflicts since the late 1940s. A level of militarization has engulfed India's Northeast under the garb of insurgency and counter-insurgency. And in the process women are assaulted, humiliated, raped and murdered during conflicts which are not of their making.
NEIWIP brings together women from all over Northeast states to strategize an action plan to strategise an action plan for building peace, providing justice and political rights in the region ruptured by years of conflict.
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ASSAM
Morans begin 'economic blockade' in Assam's Tinsukia as community ramps up demand for ST status
Source: The Indian Express, 16 September 2025
Organisations of the Moran community in Assam have ramped up the pressure in their demand for Scheduled Tribe status, beginning an "economic blockade" in Tinsukia district on Monday... read more>>
Akhil Gogoi mocks 'Mama-Chacha' nexus, accuses BJP of blocking ST Status for six indigenous communities
Source: India Today NE, 7 September 2025
Sivasagar MLA and Raijor Dal chief Akhil Gogoi launched a scathing attack on Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma and All India United Democratic Front (AIUDF) president Badruddin Ajmal, likening their relationship to "two sides of the same coin."... read more>>
AFSPA extended for six months in Tinsukia, Charaideo and Sivasagar districts of Assam
Source: India Today NE, 27 September 2025
The Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act (AFSPA) has been extended for another six months in three districts of Assam - Tinsukia, Charaideo, and Sivasagar - effective from October 1, according to a notification issued by the state's Political Department on September 27... read more>>
MANIPUR
Gunmen ambush Assam Rifles vehicle in Manipur, 2 jawans killed, 5 injured
Source: Hindustan Times, 19 September 2025
Two personnel of the Assam Rifles died and five others were injured when a group of heavily-armed insurgents ambushed them at Nambol Sabal Leikai, Bishnupur district of Manipur along National Highway-150... read more>>
Interaction programme on 'Manipur after merger with India' held
'Understanding Manipur's history before merger crucial'
Source: e-pao.net, 22 September 2025
A one-day interaction programme on the topic "Manipur after merger with India" was held at Lamyanba Shanglen, Konung Lampak, Imphal today... read more>>
Displaced boy found hung to death
Source: e-pao.net, 28 September 2025
A 14 year old boy, reading in IX standard and belonging to an internally displaced family, was found hung to death at the bicycle shed of Jiribam Higher Secondary school this morning... read more>>
MEGHALAYA
NIT Meghalaya creates history with first-ever indigenous chip for the state communities
Source: India Today NE, 3 September 2025
Researchers at the National Institute of Technology (NIT) Meghalaya have successfully designed and fabricated the state's first integrated chip (IC)... read more>>
A Village in Meghalaya Punished for Saying 'No' to Uranium Mining
Source: The Quint, 22 September 2025
The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change on 8 September issued a memorandum exempting the mining of atomic minerals, including uranium, from public consultation... read more>>
MIZORAM
PM Modi to flag off Mizoram's first Rajdhani Express to Delhi on Sept 13
Source: The Assam Tribune, 11 September 2025
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will flag off Mizoram's first Rajdhani Express on September 13, connecting the Sairang station in Aizawl with Delhi's Anand Vihar station, with weekly services starting on September 19, according to an official notification... read more>>
NAGALAND
Nagaland MLA calls for overhaul of tribal reservation system to help 'voiceless' communities
Source: India Today NE, 4 September 2025
A legislator from Nagaland's capital has raised alarm over the failure of the state's reservation policies to reach the most disadvantaged sections of society, calling for urgent reforms to ensure benefits don't remain concentrated among the privileged... read more>>
34-million-yr-old Nagaland fossils show how Antarctic ice shaped Indian monsoon
Source: The Assam Tribune, 10 September 2025
A team of Indian scientists has uncovered a remarkable connection between the formation of Antarctica's ice sheets around 34 million years ago and the early evolution of the Indian monsoon system, thanks to fossil leaves discovered in Nagaland... read more>>
Nagaland: Stop issuing PRCs to non-indigenous people, says NSF
Source: North East Now, 24 September 2025
The inner line regulation commission (ILRC) of the Naga Students' Federation on Wednesday urged village councils and gaon burhas (village heads) of Nagaland not to issue permanent resident certificates (PRCs) to non-indigenous people residing in their jurisdiction... read more>>
TRIPURA
Indigenous youths protest Tripura LoP over alleged disrespect to traditional handwoven tribal attire
Source: India Today NE, 10 September 2025
Tension erupted in Tripura's Dhalai district today after a group of indigenous people staged a protest against opposition leader and CPI(M) state secretary Jitendra Chaudhury, alleging that he had insulted the 'Risha,' the traditional handwoven attire of the tribal community... read more>>
SIKKIM
Wearing traditional dress once a week will keep culture alive: Sikkim CM Prem Singh Tamang
Source: India Today NE, 6 September 2025
Sikkim Chief Minister Prem Singh Tamang on Saturday, September 6 emphasized the importance of safeguarding cultural identity while fostering unity among diverse communities of the state... read more>>
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Manipur Women Gun Survivors Network
Langthabal Mantrikhong, Thong Ahanbi, Old Palace Road
Imphal West-795003, Manipur, Northeast India
Email: womensurvivorsnetwork@gmail.com
Website: www.womensurvivorsnetwork.org
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Northeast India Women Initiative for Peace (NEIWIP)
Langthabal Mantrikhong, Thong Ahanbi, Old Palace Road
Imphal West-795003, Manipur, Northeast India
Website: www.neiwip.org
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