Role of Young Men and Women in Peace Building Processes in India’s North Eastern with Special Reference to Manipur and Nagaland States:

This paper makes an attempt to take close a look at the legal, political and policy framework at the national and international levels for role of youth in peace and security, more particularly, their participation and involvement in peace processes in the northeastern region of India. It is observed that youth policies in India overlook the international legal and policy frameworks that promote active youth, both young men and women equal participation and involvement in post-conflict reconstruction and rebuilding societies in violent conflict ridden and deeply divided societies. Subsequent youth policies in India are based on statistical patterns look at youth not more than resources for economic development and seriously diverts the youth energies from their participation in the post-conflict peace processes. The paper was developed based on personal experiences of framing state level youth policy in Manipur, years of observations on Govt’s responses to violent conflicts, youth movements and studies of existing researches, articles on the situation of youth in northeastern region and policies and programs at international and nationals…

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