Find out where women around the world wield political power - and why it matters.
Find out where women around the world wield political power - and why it matters.
Northern Ireland
Good Friday Agreement or Belfast Agreement (The Agreement Reached in the Multiparty Negotiations)
Women’s Roles: In Brief
Official Roles
Women from the Northern Ireland Women’s Coalition (NIWC) made up two of the twenty total negotiators to the Good Friday Agreement.
Civil Society Efforts
Civil society leaders supported a massive campaign that proved essential to the 1998 public referendum on the agreement. Local female leaders informed the NIWC’s negotiating positions through regular consultations, helping to ensure that the final agreement addressed community priorities to support their postconflict recovery.
Women’s Roles
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Negotiators
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Mediators
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Signatories
Closing the gender gap in the workforce could add a $28 trillion to the global GDP.
Closing the gender gap in the workforce could add a $28 trillion to the global GDP.
Most countries still have laws that make it harder for women to work than men.
Most countries still have laws that make it harder for women to work than men.