To the best of my knowledge, no war was ever started by women. But it is women and children who have always suffered most in situations of conflict.
My attitude to peace is rather based on the Burmese definition of peace - it really means removing all the negative factors that destroy peace in this world. So peace does not mean just putting an end to violence or to war, but to all other factors that threaten peace, such as discrimination, such as inequality, poverty.
War is not the only arena where peace is done to death. Wherever suffering is ignored, there will be the seeds of conflict, for suffering degrades and embitters and enrages.
War is not the only arena where peace is done to death.
The important thing is Burma needs to end the civil war and for this to happen both sides must want to end the war.
