Promoting women in peace mediation across the island of Ireland

Research team and collaborators

• Heidi Riley (lead researcher)
• TIDES Training and Consultancy, Belfast (partnering organization)
• Mary Montague, Mediators Beyond Borders (key consultant)
• Emma Murphy (research assistant)
• Laura Sheeran (film maker)

Funding

This project was co-funded by the Irish Research Council and The Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission. The Institute for British-Irish Studies provided addition funding for the ‘visualiser’, which was important for the short film and for creating visuals of the public seminar.

Multimedia

Film: (opens in a new window)Women’s Voices: Building Networks

Academic papers and reports

Riley, H (2020) “Building Networks: Voices of Women in Peace Mediation on the Island of Ireland”, Report: Institute for British-Irish Studies.

Riley, H and Murphy, E “Women in peace mediation on the island of Ireland: Towards a more inclusive definition” Dealing with the Legacy of Conflict in Northern Ireland through Engagement & Dialogue, Forthcoming.

Potter, A (2005) “We the Women: Why conflict mediation is not just a job for men.” Geneva: Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue.

Paffenholz, T et al. (2016) “Making Women Count – Not Just Counting Women: Assessing Women’s Inclusion and Influence on Peace Negotiations.” Report: Inclusive Peace and Transition Initiative and UN Women.

Turner, C (2018) “Absent or Invisible? Women Mediators and the United Nations.” Global Policy.

Turner, C (2019) “Soft ways of doing hard things: women mediators and the question of gender in mediation.” Peacebuilding.