At and around the table: Uncovering the diversity of roles played by women from resistance and liberation movements in peace processes

This paper, the fourth in the Berghof Foundation’s Policy Insight series on gender-inclusive conflict transformation, explores the formal and informal roles that women play in, and in connection with, resistance and liberation movements (RLMs) during peace processes. Drawing on focus group discussions, interviews, and peer-learning workshops, it brings together insights from women in South Africa, Northern Ireland, Colombia, the Philippines, Kosovo, and other contexts across Latin America, Europe, and Southeast Asia, who have contributed to peace processes either as official negotiators or as informal peacebuilders.