Adele Balasingham
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Adele Ann Balasingham (born 30 January 1950), (née Wilby), is the Australian-born former leader of the women's wing of Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam of Sri Lanka.[1][2]
Biography
She was born in Warragul, Victoria in Australia. She became a professional nurse and worked in Gippsland, 150 km from Melbourne. She eventually migrated to the United Kingdom where in 1978 she met and married Sri Lankan-born British citizen Anton Balasingham. Mr. Balasingham later became the chief strategist and peace negotiator for the LTTE in Sri Lanka. Her husband Anton died on 14 December 2006.[3]
Eelam Tamil supporter
Adele Balasingham moved with her husband initially to Madras in India, then on to the northern part of Sri Lanka in Jaffna during the early stages of the Sri Lankan civil war. She worked for the welfare of women in the Tamil community who were adversely affected by the war.[4]
Peace negotiator
She later participated as part of the LTTE peace negotiating team in numerous peace talks with the various Sri Lankan government negotiating teams since 2002. She is also the author of a number of books including "Women Fighters of Liberation Tigers" (1993) and the semi-autobiographical The Will to Freedom. Template:ISBN[1][5][6]
See also
References
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- ^ a b A chain of gold ... but no smile on the face of the Australian Tiger
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Alison, M. (2009). Women and Political Violence: Female Combatants in Ethno-National Conflict. Contemporary Security Studies. Taylor & Francis. p. 83. ISBN 978-1-134-22893-5. Retrieved 13 May 2023.
- ^ Anton Balasingham, obituary in The Times
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."TAMIL NATION LIBRARY: EELAM". Tamil Nation. Retrieved 13 May 2023.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Adele; securing a remedy". Archived from the original on 3 December 2021. Retrieved 15 December 2006.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."LTTE decides on delegation for talks". Tamilnet. 27 August 2002. Retrieved 13 May 2023.
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