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'We were told to go home to have babies'

Monica McWilliams is a Northern Irish peace negotiator who played a key role in the Good Friday Agreement of 1998 which brought an end to the Troubles. Monica co-founded the Northern Ireland Women's Coalition in order to get women represented at the negotiating table. But she faced enormous hostility from her male counterparts.

Image: Monica McWilliams and the Northern Ireland Women's Coalition
Credit: Derek Spiers

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