As talks continue in Northern Ireland in an attempt to get the assembly up and running again, how involved are women in peace making there?
Women were instrumental in getting the Good Friday Agreement signed, and two women from a cross religious and political party were elected to the initial assembly in 1998.
Six years later and they鈥檝e both lost their positions as more and more people are voting for either Sinn Fein or the DUP, and not smaller independent parties.
Are women鈥檚 political voices sounding loudly enough? How involved are women at a grass root level in the community? What can women bring to the negotiating table that men can鈥檛?听
Jenni is听joined by听Bronagh Hinds, a senior fellow at the Institute of Governance at Queens University, Belfast. She is the Director of DemocraShe听and was one of the founders of the NIWA (Northern Ireland Women鈥檚 Alliance) and听Baroness May Blood, a community worker and one of the founders of the NIWA.
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