Women are often dynamic ambassadors of change, their full and active participation in decision making equal to men is essential to ensure greater responsiveness to citizens’ needs also to build and sustain democracies over the world. Yet women still have far to go towards equal representation in positions of power and leadership, whether in corporate boardrooms or presidential cabinets.

Transforming those extremist ideologies that are at the roots of an armed movement should become a tool that actors concerned about peacebuilding, peace durability, and security introduce during peace talks. Fighting the ideas that offer a starting ground to conflicts can help guarantee that the causes that were initially present to make the conflict erupt will not be reassembled anymore post-peace agreements and conflict resolution.