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Supporting Women in Negotiations: A Model for Elevating Their Voices and Reflecting Their Agenda in Peace Deals

Authored by: Carla Koppell

Categories: Statebuilding
Sub-Categories: Democratization and Political Participation, Peace Accords, Post-Conflict Reconstruction
Country: Uganda, Sudan
Region: Sub-Saharan Africa
Year: 2009
Citation: Koppell, Carla. Supporting Women in Negotiations: A Model for Elevating their Voices and Reflecting Their Agenda in Peace Deals. Washington, DC: Inclusive Security, 2009.

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Abstract

Women are alarmingly underrepresented in negotiations. In 2009, the UN Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM) found in a review of 21 major peace processes held since 1992 that women were less than 8 percent of the delegates to talks and less than 3 percent of agreement signatories. This publication documents two of Inclusive Security’s consultative efforts (supporting women negotiators working to bring about peace in Uganda and in Darfur) to increase the presence and influence of women in peace talks.