OTTAWA, Canada (The Jakarta Post/Asia News Network): It may not be obvious to observers but women are playing a quiet, but important role in attempts to bring Myanmar’s long-warring parties to some form of peace.
Members of the Women’s League of Burma, invited as observers to the formal peace process between 2011 and 2015, informally engaged with the predominantly male negotiators through “hallway meetings”, bringing male counterparts tea and food as a vehicle to engage.
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