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WOMEN CADRES IN ULFA INSURGENCY: A GENDER PERSPECTIVE
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Author(s):
ANGKITA DUTTA , DR. RENA LAISRAM
Vol - 9, Issue- 3 ,
Page(s) : 264 - 270
(2018 )
DOI : https://doi.org/10.32804/IRJMSH
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Abstract
Narratives of women insurgents in India have not received the attention it deserves, since they have most often than not been marginalized by the society at large for transgressing gender norms as guerilla fighters in outlawed organizations. In the context of Assam in Northeast India, the United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA hereafter) was founded in 1979 CE with the objective of establishing a sovereign, independent Assam through an armed struggle. They recruited women cadres who were attracted to the idea of a Swadhin Axom or ‘independent Assam’. These mobilised groups were mainly young teenage school - going females and formed only about 10-12 percent of the total cadres of ULFA. In general, the recruits join the insurgent outfit organization with the aim of breaking stereotype female gender roles; ready for active combat engagements. However, they are mainly employed as over-ground workers, to supply ration and as couriers.
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