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Northern Ireland peace deal: Women’s role finally recognised, says activist

Monica McWilliams says Northern Irish politics has returned to 'the old dinosaurs' [Courtesy: One World Media]

Belfast, Northern Ireland – Northern Irish academic and activist Monica McWilliams says it has taken 25 years for women to be recognised for their roles in bringing peace.

A co-founder of the Women’s Coalition political party and delegate at the multiparty talks that drove forward Northern Ireland’s peace process in the 1990s, she was also elected to the first regional power-sharing assemblies that were established by the 1998 Good Friday Agreement.

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