Kristin Lund is former Force Commander of the United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus and a member of the Nordic Women Mediators network. In October 2017, after this article was written, she was appointed by the United Nations Secretary-General as Head of Mission and Chief of Staff, United Nations Truce Supervision Organization. Laura Mitchell is Senior Adviser at the Norwegian Centre for Conflict Resolution (NOREF).
Preventing Crisis and Conflict: Women's Role in Ongoing Peace Processes
Women play a variety of roles in complex, multitrack peace processes. They can sit at the formal negotiating table, on a technical committee or subcommission, or they can be outside the talks engaged as civil society actors in following developments. All of these roles are critical.