Podcast appearances and mentions of monica mcwilliams

In the annals of violent conflict, the decades of the “Troubles” in Northern Ireland seemed especially intractable. As the long-running strife flares violently again between Israelis and Palestinians, two negotiators of the astonishing and lasting peace agreement in Northern Ireland in the late 1990s, Monica McWilliams and John Alderdice, explain what it takes to get people to sit down with their enemies and whether the path to peace in Northern Ireland offers a way forward for the Middle East.Go to audible.com/news where you'll find Peter Bergen's recommendations for other news, journalism and nonfiction listening.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Dal 3 febbraio scorso alla guida del nuovo governo di Belfast ci sono due donne che provengono da mondi un tempo in contrapposizione tra loro: la cattolica Michelle O'Neill e la protestante Emma Little-Pengelly. Sono i simboli del cambiamento profondo che ha avuto luogo in Irlanda del Nord negli ultimi decenni.Nel corso del conflitto iniziato alla fine degli anni ‘60 erano state proprio le donne a sopportare la maggior parte delle tensioni e delle difficoltà prodotte dalla lunga crisi politica ed economica del Paese. Lo hanno fatto nonostante il peso aggiuntivo della loro oppressione, avendo mariti e figli uccisi o in carcere, nonostante fossero tenute completamente fuori dalla vita politica nelle istituzioni. Venticinque anni dopo lo storico accordo del Venerdì Santo che sancì la fine del conflitto, l'Irlanda del Nord ha finalmente riconosciuto il ruolo decisivo svolto dalle donne nel processo di pace.Ne abbiamo parlato con Enrico Franceschini, già corrispondente da Londra per il quotidiano La Repubblica; con Monica McWilliams, che fu l'unica donna ammessa ai negoziati dello storico accordo di pace del 1998 e con Linda Ervine, una protestante di Belfast che ha scelto di fare politica non all'interno delle istituzioni ma con l'arma della cultura, cercando di trasformare la lingua irlandese in un ponte culturale tra la comunità cattolica e quella protestante.

 Brief clips of some of the interviews held during the year and discussion re same. Joined by John S Kelly, Patricia Ann Moore and Jim Collins. Interviews with Vlad Smyskevitch classical musician and broadcaster, Remembering Michael O Gorman, Dena Mcgrath Clare Farmer memories, Monica McWilliams activist and signatory to the Good Friday Agreement, Bishop Fintan Monahan Originally broadcast as part of Saturday Chronicle Yearly review 30th December  2023 L- Hosted by  Jennifer McConnell with Daragh Leamy and Matthew Jordan Allen. Saturday Chronicle is Sponsored by JAMES M NASH AND DERG KITCHEN DESIGN http://dergkitchendesign.ie  Outside broadcast in association with Michael Long Construction.  Message or what's app the studio on 089 2582647 or email sbcrstudio@gmail.com

The Possibility Club podcast: at the One Young World Summit 2023   Special Episode 1: PEACE!   The One Young World Summit 2023 in Belfast was a significant gathering of young leaders from over 190 countries, representing a diverse array of professions and backgrounds. This annual event is renowned for its focus on accelerating social impact and empowering young leaders to address pressing global challenges.   For more detailed information about the Summit, you can visit the official One Young World website here. ----------    Featuring interviews or speeches from:   Ryan Murphy For more detailed information about Ryan Murphy and his role as the Lord Mayor of Belfast, you can visit the Belfast City Council's website here.   HRH Queen Rania of Jordan For more detailed insights into her speech and its impact, you can refer to the articles on Queen Rania's official website here and BNN Breaking here.   Mohammed Al-Othman A Jordanian entrepreneur and the North Region Youth Corner Supervisor at the Jordanian Ministry of Youth. For more details, you can visit his profile on the One Young World website.   Eddy Balina A One Young World Ambassador and the Founder of the Non-Violence Project Uganda, shared his experiences at the One Young World Summit 2023. For more details about Eddy Balina's experiences and contributions, you can visit the One Young World website here.   Sarah Gribben For more detailed information and suggestions for visiting Belfast, you can visit the Visit Belfast website here.   Claire Regan For more information, you can visit a news article on Queen's University Belfast's website here.   Rachael Toland For more details on the broader PwC delegation, you can visit the website here.   Rez Gardi A notable participant at the One Young World Summit 2023, is a Co-Managing Director for Refugees Seeking Equal Access at the Table (R-SEAT). For more information about her work, you can visit the One Young World website here.   Juan Manuel Santos The former President of Colombia and a Nobel Peace Prize Laureate, was a key speaker at the One Young World 2023 Summit held in Belfast.For more details on Santos' participation and insights at the One Young World 2023 Summit, you can visit the official One Young World website here and Al Jazeera's coverage of his interview here.   Zurich Insurance Group For an overview of the engagement between Zurich and One Young World, including stories from summit attendees, you can visit the Zurich Foundation page. Detailed information about the Zurich - One Young World Scholarship and its impact can be found on the One Young World website. To learn more about the NEXT strategy within Zurich Insurance Group, which focuses on giving a voice to new generations, you can visit the Zurich Insurance NEXT page.   Maria Fernanda Ribeiro A young changemaker from Brazil, deeply involved in educational initiatives aimed at reducing inequalities in her city. She and a group of young leaders in Nova Friburgo, Rio de Janeiro, created an accessible Model United Nations (MUN) program, bridging the gap in opportunities between students in private and public schools. For more details on these initiatives, you can visit HundrED's website.   Monica McWilliams & Hasina Safi You can watch the fireside chat featuring Monica McWilliams and Hasina Safi discussing the exclusion of women in peace processes on YouTube. This session provides valuable insights into the role of women in peacebuilding. The video is titled "Exclusion of women in peace processes is not an option I Monica McWilliams and Hasina Safi" and can be found here.     ------   This episode was recorded in October 2023 Interviewer: Richard Freeman for always possible Editor: CJ Thorpe-Tracey for Lo Fi Arts   For more visit www.alwayspossible.co.uk

We talk to IRC commissioner Monica McWilliams.

was the special guest of honour at the recent Scariff Harbour Festival and she and Patricia Anne go back a long way! They both sat down and had a long chat talking history and matters more recent including Monica's recently published book .  Monica was an activist in 1960s Northern Ireland and remains forthright in her defence of equality and rights and how she was one of only two women at the talks that led to the Good Friday agreement.  Saturday Chronicle as Hosted by  Patricia Anne Moore with Tom Hanley and Broadcast live from  the Derg Active alliance building. Saturday Chronicle is kindly sponsored by James M Nash and Co and Derg Kitchen Design   http://dergkitchendesign.ie Originally broadcast on Saturday 19th August 2023.

durée : 00:58:48 - Les Accords qui ont changé le monde - par : Jean-Marc Four - L'accord du Vendredi saint, signé le 10 avril 1998 à Belfast, a mis fin à la guerre en Irlande du Nord. Plongée dans les coulisses des pourparlers avec Monica McWilliams, l'une des deux femmes à y avoir participé, et Gerry Adams, l'incarnation du combat des nationalistes catholiques irlandais. - invités : Monica Mc William Ex-cheffe négociatrice de la coalition des femmes lors des discussions ayant abouti à l'accord de paix conclu en Irlande du Nord, le 10 avril 1998. ; Gerry Adams Homme politique nord-irlandais, ancien leader du Sinn Fein

 as broadcast online on 4th August 2023 with Brian Treacy -Waterways Ireland Western Regional manager, Mayor of Clare Joe Cooney, Special guest Monica McWilliams, Michael Rodgers and MC Jim Collins. 

durée : 00:58:48 - Les Accords qui ont changé le monde - par : Jean-Marc Four - L'accord du Vendredi saint, signé le 10 avril 1998 à Belfast, a mis fin à la guerre en Irlande du Nord. Plongée dans les coulisses des pourparlers avec Monica McWilliams, l'une des deux femmes à y avoir participé, et Gerry Adams, l'incarnation du combat des nationalistes catholiques irlandais. - invités : Monica Mc William Ex-cheffe négociatrice de la coalition des femmes lors des discussions ayant abouti à l'accord de paix conclu en Irlande du Nord, le 10 avril 1998. ; Gerry Adams Homme politique nord-irlandais, ancien leader du Sinn Fein

The Northern Ireland Women's Coalition played a key role in the Good Friday Agreement negotiations. In this extended interview, Monica McWilliams tells Bertie Ahern how the party came into existence, her own personal loss as a result of the troubles and the misogyny the women in the room felt.

We're joined by Ambassador Swanee Hunt and Monica McWilliams to mark the 25th anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement.To support the show and get access to our upcoming Succession discussions, subscribe to our Premium content on our Patreon page or Apple Podcasts Subscriptions.You can visit our website for complete show notes and episode resources. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Monica McWilliams, founder of the Northern Ireland Women's Coalition recalls the final hours before the Good Friday Agreement

Monday the 10th of April marks 25 years since The Good Friday Agreement was signed in Stormont marking the end of 30 years of conflict in Northern Ireland. Monica McWilliams, Signatory to the Good Friday Agreement, Emeritus Professor at the University of Ulster & former Chief Commissioner of the Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission joined us on Newstalk Breakfast this morning.

Monday the 10th of April marks 25 years since The Good Friday Agreement was signed in Stormont marking the end of 30 years of conflict in Northern Ireland. Monica McWilliams, Signatory to the Good Friday Agreement, Emeritus Professor at the University of Ulster & former Chief Commissioner of the Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission joined us on Newstalk Breakfast this morning.

Max Pearson presents a compilation of stories celebrating women who made history including a ground-breaking, African American science fiction writer and the first presidential hopeful in Mexico. Plus the UN's first ever all-female peacekeeping unit, a woman who helped bring peace to Northern Ireland and a child goddess in Nepal. Contributors: Dr Brenda Stevenson - Hillary Rodham Clinton Chair in Women's History at St John's College, Oxford University. Nisi Shawl - friend of Octavia Butler. Rosario Piedra - daughter of Rosario Ibarra. Nick Caistor - journalist. Seema Dhundia - member of India's Central Reserve Police Force. Lesley Pruitt - author of The Women in Blue Helmets. Monica McWilliams - one of the architects of the Good Friday Agreement. Chanira Bajrycharya - former child goddess in Nepal. (Photo: March for International Women's Day in Mexico City in 2023. Credit: Getty Images)

Monica McWilliams played one of the most pivotal roles in the Northern Ireland peace process. She spent two years at the negotiating table which finally resulted in the Good Friday Agreement on 10 April 1998. That made her a joint signatory to an international peace accord – something that very few women in the world manage to be. She speaks to Alys Harte about the representation of women in the historic retelling of Northern Ireland's peace process and why women are so often written out of the history they make. (Picture: Monica McWilliams. Credit: Getty Images)

Within months of the Good Friday Agreement, two significant days - in May and August 1998 - put the peace process to the test but ultimately demonstrated how far the people of Northern Ireland had come. In this episode, Bertie speaks to those who campaigned in the referendum that was held on 22nd May 1998, including Tony Blair, Dawn Purvis, and Monica McWilliams while Martin Mansergh explains the delicate planning behind the constitutional changes that were put to the people on the same day in the Republic. Just a few months later, the hard-fought-for peace was jeopardised when the biggest single atrocity in the history of the Troubles occurred in Omagh. Tony Blair, Liz O'Donnell, David Andrews, and Sean Farren share the shock they felt on that horrendous day and how the cruel bombing only served to increase their determination to move forwards. For more information, full interviews, and bonus material head to Newstalk.com/GoodFridayAgreement.

In this episode, Bertie Ahern and those negotiating the peace deal for Northern Ireland share their memories of the tensions between unionists and Sinn Fein as the talks got underway, the misogyny experienced by the women in the process, the suspensions of some parties following a return to violence over Christmas 1997 and the game-changing interventions of Monica McWilliams and Northern Secretary Mo Mowlam when they decided to visit hardline loyalists in prison. For more information, full interviews, and bonus material head to Newstalk.com/GoodFridayAgreement.

In this episode, Bertie Ahern reunites with the rest of the parties that participated in the negotiations that led to the Good Friday Agreement. Gary McMichael of the UDP recalls how his father's murder motivated him to get into politics. Dermot Nesbitt of the UUP, Dawn Purvis of the PUP, Lord John Alderdice of the Alliance Party, Avila Kilmurray, and Monica McWilliams of the Northern Ireland Women's Coalition also share their recollections. Plus Bertie talks to Tony Blair's Chief of Staff at the time, Jonathan Powell.  For more information, full interviews, and bonus material head to Newstalk.com/GoodFridayAgreement.

Monica McWilliams tells the story of the Northern Ireland Womens' Coalition   From 1996 to 2006, Northern Ireland had a political party with a difference.   It was a party, for women- just for women.    In 1998, two of its members, co-founder, Monica McWilliams and Jane Morrice, were elected to the assembly, playing an integral role in the Good Friday Agreement.      Jessica Rice interviews Monica McWilliams on the party that changed the political landscape of NI forever.   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

H*tler's Tasters is a dark comedy about the young women who have the “honour” of being Adolf Hitler's food tasters. The play explores the way girls navigate sexuality, friendship, patriotism, and poison during the Third Reich. Emma Barnett talks to its award winning playwright, Michelle Kholos Brooks After a record number of women are elected to Stormont we talk to Monica McWilliams an academic, peace activist, human rights defender and former politician who co-founded the Women's Coalition political party in 1996 and was a signatory to the 1998 Good Friday Agreement. A new survey by Working Wise has flagged that many working women are concerned about the gaps in work they've taken and what impact those gaps will have on their pension. The author of the research Mandy Garner tells us about her findings and we hear from Cecilia Floren who is worried about her pension. On Sunday, the Baftas saw Sophie Willan, the actress and creator of Alma's Not Normal, take home an award for best female performance in comedy. The sitcom is based on Sophie's own experience of growing up in care, and focuses on her relationship with the women in her family. Sophie dedicated her win to her grandmother, Denise Willan, who sadly passed away half-way through filming the show. She joins Emma to talk about their relationship and the importance of grandparents. Presenter: Emma Barnett Producer: Lisa Jenkinson Studio Manager: Giles Aspen Photo Credit: Hunter Canning

Monica McWilliams' memoir detailing her long battle to have women's voices heard and respected in Northern Ireland politics and her role in forging the Good Friday Agreement.

Monica McWilliams' memoir detailing her long battle to have women's voices heard and respected in Northern Ireland politics and her role in forging the Good Friday Agreement.

Allison Morris, Prof. Monica McWilliams, Elaine Crory, and Kelly Andrews discuss.

Our guest on this episode of the podcast is Monica McWilliams, who led the Northern Ireland Women's Coalition's negotiating team in the multi-party peace talks leading up to the Good Friday Agreement. Monica co-founded the Women's Coalition, a political party that became a signatory to the peace agreement in 1998. She represented South Belfast in the first NI Legislative Assembly and acted as Chief Commissioner of the Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission (2006 -2011) where she was responsible for drafting the advice on a Bill of Rights for Northern Ireland which was presented this to the UK government in 2008. Monica had served as an oversight Commissioner for Prison Reform in Northern Ireland and currently serves on the Independent Reporting Commission on the disbandment of paramilitary organizations. She has been involved in peace building in a range of conflict areas, in Colombia and with women negotiators in the Syrian opposition. Monica has contributed testimony to the US Congress Committee on Foreign Affairs on women, peace and security and is a recipient of the John F Kennedy Profile in Courage Award (1998) and holds honorary doctorates from University of York (2018), Lesley College, Massachusetts (1998) and Mount Mary College, Milwaukee (2004).

Stormont's parliament buildings, on the outskirts of Belfast, often features in the national news as the focus of raucous political debates and protests. But the building is also set in the middle of several hundred acres of magnificent parkland. Most of it was closed to the public at the height of the Troubles, but from the late 1990s, as the peace process developed, it has become a treasured public space. In the past twenty years, the Stormont Estate has developed its woodland and added environmental trails and wetland areas as well as an outdoor fitness gym, running paths and a large play park. It's now one of Northern Ireland's most popular outdoor parks and is also used regularly as a venue for charity and public events. It has been a particularly important fresh air 'escape' for local people during the Covid lockdowns. Helen Mark talks to Stormont's Head of Estate, Nigel Bonar, about the challenges of looking after a parkland which is also a workplace for politicians and three thousand civil servants. Author Jack Gallagher remembers the excitement of visiting Stormont as a child of the 40s and describes the contrast between its green open spaces and the grey blitz-damaged streets where he lived. We hear about some of the significant moments in Stormont's history and former politician, Monica McWilliams, pays tribute to the late Mo Mowlam who was instrumental in opening up the park to the public when she was Secretary of State during the peace process negotiations in the mid-1990s. Her lasting legacy on the Stormont Estate is the 'Mo Park', the play park enjoyed by thousands of children every week. Producer: Kathleen Carragher

On March 18, 2021 the Lannan Center presented a Crowdcast webinar on the subject The View From Abroad: "What Can America Learn from the Experience of Other Nations at a Time of Crisis?" This was the launch event of "Beyond Identity: Reimagining the American Narrative," the Lannan Seminars at Georgetown University, and featured Aleksandar Hemon, Monica McWilliams, Ebrahim Rasool, and Elif Shafak. This event was moderated by BBC's Razia Iqbal. Hosted in association with Beyond Conflict and Beyond Borders Scotland. Cosponsored by the Conflict Resolution Program, the Georgetown Institute for Women, Peace and Security, and the Laboratory for Global Performance and Politics.About the Series “Beyond Identity: Reimagining the American Narrative”Present-day America is suffering from an identity crisis. Americans are raised to believe that democracy, freedom, and opportunity are the values deeply embedded in the nation’s character and practice. Yet, millions of Americans who have spent centuries striving towards equality under the  historic burden of racism, dealing with poverty or the absence of opportunity, might beg to disagree. To use a peacemaking approach is to focus on interests rather than positions, to refocus opposing groups on shared goals. But those goals must be grounded in a shared understanding of the past as the anchor to a shared vision for the future. America is at a reckoning point, in need of reappraisal. The standard response to what constitutes American identity has been: “the principles of liberty, equality, individualism, representative government, and private property”. But how does this character composition  comport with the demons of her past and present? What is to become America’s new narrative? Of her new, more truthful, identity born of both pride and pain?For more information about this series, please visit our website.Music: Quantum Jazz — "Orbiting A Distant Planet" — Provided by Jamendo.

Back in 1998, she helped bring about peace in conflict-torn Northern Ireland, through her Northern Ireland Women's Coalition. The lessons she has to teach are even more valuable today. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com

The multi award winning writer Zadie Smith on 'Intimations', a collection of personal essays about lockdown. Photo courtesy of Dominique Nabokov. The rise in families with children under 5 needing help from baby banks has risen significantly since the pandemic began. We hear from Lauren Elrick who has a fifteen month old daughter and uses Abernecessities in Aberdeenshire. Sophia Parker, chief executive of Little Village baby bank in London and Tracy Thorn, an NHS family nurse. A television tampon advert has been banned in Ireland for causing widespread offence. Alexandra Ryan, CEO of Goss Media, and the radio presenter and former doctor Ciara Kelly discuss. Victoria Cilliers’ story made headlines in 2015, when it emerged her husband had tried to kill her by tampering with her parachute. Against all odds, she survived. After two trials he was sentenced to 18 years on two counts of attempted murder. Now she's written a book called 'I Survived'. At the funeral service of John Hume, the Northern Irish politician and Nobel Prize winner, it was said that 'when the history of Ireland is written, if Pat Hume's name is not beside John's, it will be incomplete history'. Pat, his wife, had been at his side during the Troubles, during peace, and his years of living with dementia. Jenni hears from Eimear O'Callaghan, former BBC News Editor, and Monica McWilliams, Emeritus Professor at Ulster University. Teenage sisters, Ella and Amy Meek are the founders of Kids Against Plastic. This week they were speaking at online climate change forum, hosted by the all-electric Formula E race Team Envision Virgin Racing. They told us about their concerns about the rise in single plastic use, and how we can all be plastic clever. Presenter: Jane Garvey Producer: Dianne McGregor

The Duchess of Cambridge has spearheaded a campaign to persuade retailers to donate items to baby banks around the UK. New figures from the three big charities – Baby Basics, Little Village and AberNecessities have published figures which show the number of families with children under five who’ve needed their help has risen significantly since the coronavirus crisis began. How are they managing to cope? We hear from Lauren Elrick who has a fifteen month old daughter and uses Abernecessities in Aberdeenshire. Sophia Parker, chief executive of Little Village Baby bank in London and Tracy Thorn, an NHS Family Nurse. For the first time in its 29-year history, female artists and female-fronted bands have outnumbered men on the shortlist for the Mercury Prize. Alongside Dua Lipa and Laura Marling, Georgia has been nominated for her second album ‘Seeking Thrills’. She joins Jenni to discuss her music, the transcendental power of the dancefloor, and being nominated for the Mercury Prize, 25 years after her father. This morning the funeral of John Hume, the Northern Irish politician and Nobel Prize winner will be held. He’s survived by his wife and professional partner, Pat. Who is the woman for whom the The John and Pat Hume Foundation for Peaceful Change and Reconciliation was formed? We hear from Eimear O'Callaghan, former BBC News Editor, and Monica McWilliams, Emeritus Professor at Ulster University. Luan Goldie has written a new novel called Homecoming. Set in London and Kenya over a period of twenty years, it is a story about love, family and friendship. Luan is a primary school teacher and her last book, Nightingale Point, was longlisted for the Women’s Prize for Fiction 2020 and she won the Costa Short Story Award in 2017. Presenter: Jenni Murray Producer: Dianne McGregor

In today’s episode we’re discussing the radio 4 Desert Island Discs interview with peace campaigner, Professor Monica McWilliams. She is also an academic and former politician.We explain adjectives that are used to talk about challenges, such as  ‘arduous’ and ‘daunting’ and explain what it means if something is ‘ironic’ or ‘profound’. 

Professor Monica McWilliams is an academic, peace campaigner and former politician. In 1996, she was the co-founder of the Northern Ireland Women’s Coalition political party and was elected to a seat at the Multi-Party Peace Negotiations, which led to the Belfast (Good Friday) Peace Agreement in 1998. She served as a member of the Northern Ireland Legislative Assembly from 1998-2003 and was the Chief Commissioner of the Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission from 2005-2011. She continues her academic research into domestic violence and is Emeritus Professor in the Transitional Justice Institute at Ulster University. She also specialises in conflict resolution and working with women who are in conflict situations. Alongside her academic work and peace work she currently sits on the Independent Reporting Commission for Northern Ireland. BOOK CHOICE: Field Day Anthology of Irish Writing Volumes 4 and 5 (known as the Women’s anthology) LUXURY ITEM: A snorkel CASTAWAY'S FAVOURITE: Il Postino by Luis Bacalov Presenter: Lauren Laverne Producer: Sarah Taylor

Monica McWilliams was one of only two women at the peace talks that ended the war in Northern Ireland. She explains why you have to be willing to “wave goodbye to dinosaurs” to achieve peace. We also hear from a young peace activist in Yemen. 

Twenty years ago the historic Good Friday Agreement was signed in Northern Ireland which put an end to three decades of bloody sectarian conflict. Politicians from Northern Ireland, the UK, the Republic of Ireland and the US who were involved in the marathon negotiations will mark the anniversary this month. Monica McWilliams represented the Northern Ireland Women’s Coalition then, and continues to play a significant role in post conflict Northern Ireland. Given the uncertainty that hangs over Northern Ireland today, is there much to celebrate? (Photo: Monica McWilliams)

Twenty years ago the historic Good Friday Agreement was signed in Northern Ireland which put an end to three decades of bloody sectarian conflict. Politicians from Northern Ireland, the UK, the Republic of Ireland and the US who were involved in the marathon negotiations will mark the anniversary this month. Monica McWilliams represented the Northern Ireland Women’s Coalition then, and continues to play a significant role in post conflict Northern Ireland. Given the uncertainty that hangs over Northern Ireland today, is there much to celebrate? (Photo: Monica McWilliams)

Monica McWilliams was one of only two local women who were at the table during negotiations which led to the Good Friday Agreement of 1998. BBC Chief International Correspondent Lyse Doucet visits Belfast to hear her story.

What happens when women try to hammer out a peace deal? How does it differ from the way men do it? According to the United Nations, fewer than 3% of signatories to peace agreements are women. We meet two women who hope to change that. They made history in Northern Ireland and in Colombia by bringing the gender issue to the forefront of the peace process. Monica McWilliams is a Northern Irish peace negotiator who played a key role in the Good Friday Agreement of 1998, which brought an end to the Troubles. Monica co-founded the Northern Ireland Women's Coalition in order to get female representatives at the negotiating table. She was subsequently involved in the implementation of the agreement as head of the country's Human Rights Commission. She now advises women around the world on how to negotiate peace deals in countries such as Syria and Myanmar. Hilde Salvesen was part of Norwegian team which facilitated the recent peace negotiations in Colombia between the government and Farc rebels - the first of its kind to include a gender subcommittee to address the needs of women in the peace process. Hilde developed her strong understanding of Latin America when she travelled there as a student, and witnessed conflict first-hand in Guatemala and El Salvador. She currently works at the Norwegian Centre for Human Rights, part of the University of Oslo. (L) Image and credit: Monica McWilliams (R) Image: Hilde Salvesen. Credit: uio

Miriam O'Callaghan interviews former Junior Minister at the Department of Foreign Affairs and Professor Monica McWilliams formerly of the Northern Ireland Women's Coalition on their experiences of negotiating the Good Friday Agreement

Monica McWilliams, the Chief Commissioner of the Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission and a signer of the historic 1998 Good Friday Agreement with Ireland, addresses the challenges of turning the promise of peace accords into stable post-conflict societies through the inclusion of women in political and civil leadership. McWilliams is presented as part of the 2010 Women’s Peacemakers Conference hosted by the Joan B. Kroc Institute for Peace & Justice at the University of San Diego. Series: "Peace exChange -- Kroc School of Peace Studies, University of San Diego" [Public Affairs] [Show ID: 19855]

Monica McWilliams, the Chief Commissioner of the Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission and a signer of the historic 1998 Good Friday Agreement with Ireland, addresses the challenges of turning the promise of peace accords into stable post-conflict societies through the inclusion of women in political and civil leadership. McWilliams is presented as part of the 2010 Women’s Peacemakers Conference hosted by the Joan B. Kroc Institute for Peace & Justice at the University of San Diego. Series: "Peace exChange -- Kroc School of Peace Studies, University of San Diego" [Public Affairs] [Show ID: 19855]