Conflict rocked more countries in 2016 than at any other time in nearly 30 years. The up-swell in violence led U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres to call for a “surge in diplomacy for peace.” Part of that effort, he has advised, should be increasing the number of women mediators—and finding more ways to engage female civil society leaders—in peace processes.
Read the full opinion piece from Foreign Policy here.
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