The Role of Women in the Northern Ireland Peace Process

Thursday, March 1, 2007
Author: 
Vidal Martín
Europe
Western Europe

The relatively recent peace process in Northern Ireland represents an exception to the European norm. It is the only peace process with clear prospects of stability, and at the same time, the only long term conflict to which, after numerous decades, resolution seems possible. Among all social groups, the role of women in conflict in general, and in Northern Ireland in particular, has been principally marked by oblivion. Women have been constantly ignored by entire populations, or rather, by their leaders.

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Martin, The Role of Women in the Northern Ireland Peace Process, 2007