Women at a Periphery of the Deep South Peace Process: A perspective of Female Victims of Violent Conflict

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This research draws from available literatures and employs qualitative methods using in-depth interviews and closed-group dialogue process. The participants of the study are Muslim women who have lost their immediate male family members due to violence and security related charge. Armed conflict and violence impact women’s and men’s lives in different ways. Oftentimes, women are depicted as merely victims. Although this is certainly the most significant and challenging part of a conflict situation, under certain circumstances conflict can also be a catalyst that brings women into the public sphere through which women play altogether new roles. This dynamic can be seen in the Deep South of Thailand where more women have been engaging in peace-building project in recent years. The evidence reveals that this group of female has been marginalized and their voices of are still silent. They want to be part of a peace process to protect themselves and their children in daily life. The recommendation of the study therefore, to have gendered infrastructure to fulfill gendered demands and agenda of the powerless group of women, usually be marginalized from the peace process, to be addressed and realized in the peace-building process.