An article by Kalyani Inpakumar, who heads the Women’s Advocacy Group of the Australian Tamil Congress. She also a leading member of the Global Tamil Women Forum, which is part of the Global Tamil Forum - an international organisation for Tamil solidarity. She can be contacted at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

In developing parts of the world like Sri Lanka, women remain more or less subjugated, writes Kalyani Inpakumar.

As Tamils in Australia, we feel for our brothers and sisters back home in Sri Lanka. The Australian Tamil Congress (ATC) was formed to unit all the Tamil organisations to make our voice more powerful.

ATC is part of a global organisation which is Global Tamil Forum and in March Global Tamil Women’s Forum was also launched.

I am from Tamil Eelam, a land that has been torn by the struggles of war for the last 30 years.

Women are the most vulnerable victims in armed conflicts and post conflict situations. No age group is sheltered from the heinous acts of rape, sexual harassment, trafficking, prostitution and murder.

Read more here: http://www.thescavenger.net/people/tamil-women-denied-right-to-live-in-peace-29674.html