The Women in Mediation and Peace Processes project seeks to provide policymakers with an evidence-based understanding of the impact of women’s participation in peace processes. Launched in fall 2013, the project examines the strategies and tactics mediators use to include women, the different ways that women participate in peace processes, and the impact that this participation has on sustainable peace.
Through a combination of original research and strategic outreach, IPI aims to fill a gap in current knowledge of women’s roles in this area and provide mediators with concrete tools for designing inclusive processes.
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The following presentation—Time to Re-Set the Table: Women in Peace Talks Around the World—was delivered by Andrea Ó Súilleabháin and Marie O’Reilly on July 2, 2014, at an international symposium on women’s peace leadership convened by the National University of Ireland and the Mary Robinson Presidential Centre in Galway, Ireland.
Recent highlights from this project include an event exploring the challenges and opportunities for inclusive peacemaking, held in partnership with the International Civil Society Action Network, and interviews with women peacemakers from around the world.
Women in Peace Processes: Four Views on Why It Matters
The fight for gender equality is a fight that should not be fought by women, but by men for women and with women,” Mohammad Naciri said at a March 16th IPI policy forum on the theme of men’s roles in preventing violence against women.“Men hold many of the positions of power across the globe, and […]
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Ayodele Odusola, UNDP’s Chief Economist for Africa, made this observation at an IPI policy forum, co-sponsored by the Permanent Mission of the Kingdom of Thailand to the United Nations, on March 15th, 2017 on “Peace and the Gender Gap: Women’s Economic Empowerment in Fragile Communities.”“Africa loses $95 billion a year by not fully engaging women […]
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A growing body of evidence reveals the central role of gender in both peace and development. The economic empowerment of women gives them the resources, status, and networks required to enter the public sphere, to launch political campaigns or engage in civic activism. Gender equality is closely linked to peacefulness and violence prevention, and lays […]
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Traditional approaches to policy-making on youth are “based on the assumption that young people fall in one of two categories, either young people are perpetrators of violence—a risk to be managed—or they are victims of violence—people the be protected from the evils of the world,” said Sölvi Karlsson, Leading Coordinator, United Network of Young (UNOY) […]
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Traditional approaches to peacemaking, which often have excluded female participants, are not working, as the numerous entrenched conflicts around the world demonstrate, Geir O. Pedersen, Permanent Representative of Norway to the United Nations, told an IPI audience.
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On September 25th, 2015, the United Nations General Assembly approved the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, including 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to be met over the next 15 years. The excitement was still palpable the next morning at a breakfast meeting convened at the International Peace Institute on “Accelerating Efforts to Promote Gender Equality […]
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On Saturday, September 26th IPI together with the governments of Chile and Norway, will co-host a high-level meeting featuring Chilean President Michelle Bachelet and Norwegian Prime Minister Erna Solberg, that will explore how governments, the UN and civil society together can advance women’s rights globally.Click here for the live webcast beginning at 8:30am EST>>Globally, the picture we are seeing of […]
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Nahla Valji, Officer in Charge of the Peace and Security Section at UN Women, told an IPI audience July 8th that achieving gender equality had a direct effect on the sustainability of peace processes. Speaking at a policy forum considering the Global Study on Resolution 1325, Ms. Valji declared it is imperative “to see gender […]
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When women participate in peace processes, a peace agreement is more likely to be reached and implemented. This was a key finding aired at the June 18th launch of an IPI report “Reimagining Peacemaking: Women’s Roles in Peace Processes.” The report examines the challenges and opportunities presented by women’s participation in peace and transition processes.According […]
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Peace and political transition processes provide key opportunities to transform institutions, structures, and relationships in societies affected by conflict or crises. Despite these wide-ranging implications, women’s participation in formal peacemaking remains low. And empirical evidence regarding the impact of women’s participation on peace has been lacking.
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Beyond the strong international outrage over the suffering of the Rohingyas and other affected communities in Myanmar and Bangladesh, it appears there is still no meaningful concerted action at the international and regional levels. This presents some…
Ivory Coast is three months out from the final departure of its UN peacekeeping mission (UNOCI), but recent mutinies and unrest among…
Global action for conflict prevention, peace and development—as set out in the 2030 Agenda and the Sustaining Peace UN resolutions—is urgently needed, but requires an international…
The political events of last week in Colombia made clear that while the country has a real chance for peace, the road is still riddled with difficulties, and the…
Given its central position in IGAD and the EAC as well as at the African Union Kenya’s electoral approach will have a significant bearing on…
Even as more and more women around the world run for office, claiming their right to equal participation (as enshrined in…
The Gambia's fragile transition since national elections in January this year provide considerable room for studying and responding to the root causes of conflict by pursuing both peace and…
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