Ashima Kaul is a founding member of the Yakjah Peace and Reconciliation Network, a network of Kashmiri professionals working on reconciliation and the empowerment of youth and women. A journalist by profession, she has participated in a number of national and international conferences, as well as training programmes related to women’s leadership, peace and security, conflict resolution, intra-Kashmir dialogue and peacebuilding. She has an active interest in inter-faith dialogue. As a founding member of Control Arms Foundation India, she also works on gun control and small arms and light weapons issues in Jammu and Kashmir.