Women At the Helm: The Unfinished Business of Northern Ireland’s Good Friday Agreement...

Women At the Helm: The Unfinished Business of Northern Ireland’s Good Friday Agreement – Georgetown University, Washington DC, March 16th 2023

Irish Taoiseach Leo Varadkar and Secretary Hillary Rodham Clinton joined leaders from Ireland, the United Kingdom, Northern Ireland and the United States at Georgetown on March 16 to commemorate the 25th anniversary of Northern Ireland’s Good Friday Agreement.

The conference on “Women at the Helm: The Unfinished Business of Northern Ireland’s Good Friday Agreement” was hosted by the Georgetown Institute for Women, Peace and Security and included Former President of Ireland Mary Robinson, Signatory to the Good Friday Agreement Monica McWilliams, and Ambassador of the United Kingdom to the United States Karen Pierce, who reinforced the importance of women’s involvement in the peace process. It was moderated by GIWPS executive director Ambassador Melanne Verveer.

Emma was introduced as a next generation peacebuilder and spoke about the undelivered rights-based commitments in the Good Friday Agreement, and the impact of this failure of the next generation. Emma called for an implementation committee to develop an implementation strategy to advance the peace process.

You can read more about the conference here: https://giwps.georgetown.edu/event/women-at-the-helm-the-unfinished-business-of-northern-irelands-good-friday-agreement/