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MANILA\u00a0 — As the Pope calls for greater women\u2019s participation in the Philippines, last December the country was also lauded for its gender-inclusive peace process by former United States Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton during a speech at Georgetown University.<\/p>\n

Deles and Coronel-Ferrer were both cited by Clinton for making inclusivity the guiding principle in peace negotiations with the Moro Islamic Liberation Front, resulting to the signing of the Comprehensive Agreement on the Bangsamoro (CAB), the final political settlement ending one of the longest internal conflicts in Southeast Asia. The proposed Bangsamoro Basic Law, the agreement’s legal iteration, is currently under deliberation in both chambers of Congress.<\/p>\n

\u201cConsider what has happened recently in the Philippines,” Clinton said. “Hope for peace was all but gone when two strong women, Teresita Quintos Deles and Miriam Coronel-Ferrer, took over the negotiations. They made inclusivity their mantra. And thanks greatly to their efforts, finally a peace was brokered in a historic deal.\u201d<\/p>\n

Coronel-Ferrer has already received acclaim as the first woman to sign a major peace agreement in the world under a peace process office whose chief, Deles, is also a woman. They were \u200ealso joined by a negotiating team that included two more women National Commission on Muslim Filipinos Secretary Yasmin Busran-Lao and National Security Council Undersecretary and Technical Working Group on Normalization chair Zenonida Brosas.<\/p>\n

Deles and Coronel-Ferrer have also received awards from N-Peace Network, an organization under the United Nations, which recognizes notable peace workers from around the globe.<\/p>\n

Clinton shared the story of the Philippine peace process with women peace leaders from various countries who were gathered at Georgetown\u2019s Institute of Women, Peace, and Security, and emphasized the important role of women in peace-building around the globe, noting that with women involved in the peace process, \u201centire societies enjoy better outcomes,\u201d and \u201coften-overlooked issues\u2014[such as] human rights, individual justice, national reconciliation, economic renewal\u2014are often brought to the forefront.\u201d<\/p>\n

Clinton also said that \u201cwomen leaders, it has been found, are good at building coalitions across ethnic and sectarian lines and speaking up for other marginalized groups\u2026 It’s important to underscore this overriding fact: Women are not just victims of conflict. They are agents of peace and agents of change.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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