This article reviews two case studies relative to the progress of UN Security Council Resolution 1325 and the advancement of gender equality at the international level: Guatemala and Somalia. It examines both whether the representation of women at the peace table resulted in the expressed commitment of negotiating parties toward women and gender equality, and examines whether the explicit commitments actually achieved gender rquality. In Guatemala, women contributed in both official and civil society-led negotiations; in Somalia, more than one hundred women were a part of recent peace negotiations. Yet gender equality still falls short in each, and this article reviews the marginalization of women and attempts to correct it in each country.