Adele Balasingham | |
|---|---|
| Born | Adele Ann Wilby (1950-01-30)30 January 1950 (age 75) Warragul, Australia |
| Occupation(s) | Trainer of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam's women's wing, Author |
| Spouse | Anton Balasingham |
Adele Ann Balasingham (born 30 January 1950), (née Wilby), is theAustralian-born former leader of the women's wing ofLiberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam ofSri Lanka.[1][2]
She was born inWarragul,Victoria inAustralia. She became a professional nurse and worked inGippsland, 150 km fromMelbourne. She eventually migrated to theUnited Kingdom where in 1978 she met and marriedSri Lankan-born British citizenAnton Balasingham. Mr. Balasingham later became the chief strategist and peace negotiator for theLTTE in Sri Lanka.Her husband Anton died on 14 December 2006.[3]
Adele Balasingham moved with her husband initially toMadras inIndia, then on to the northern part ofSri Lanka inJaffna during the early stages of theSri Lankan civil war. She worked for the welfare of women in the Tamil community who were adversely affected by the war.[4]
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-autobiographicalThe Will to Freedom.ISBN 1-903679-03-6[1][5][6]
| History |
| ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Movements and ideologies |
| ||||||
| Concepts |
| ||||||
| Theory |
| ||||||
| By country |
| ||||||
| Lists |
| ||||||
 | This biographical article about an Australian activist is astub. You can help Wikipedia byexpanding it. |
 | This biographical article about a Sri Lankan activist is astub. You can help Wikipedia byexpanding it. |
