Absolutely. There's fostering some exchange, with women's groups from the north travelling to the south and vice versa, but also accompanied by international actors to help ease some of the tension that is growing. As I said in my presentation, there's a real fear among women's groups in the north that they will be abandoned by not simply the international community but also their partners in the south; that there will be secession, and then southern Sudan will go off on its own.
On October 26th, 2010. See this statement in context.