"When It Comes to Irish Peace, Hillary and History Rhyme" - Hillary helped peace in NI

[KitSileya]

http://irishamerica.com/2015/03/when-it-comes-to-irish-peace-hillary-and-history-rhyme/

By Niall O'Dowd, Founding Publisher
April / May 2015

Hillary Rodham Clinton’s role in the Irish peace process is often underestimated but there were few people more important.

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During that trip and subsequently, Hillary Clinton played a leading role in creating the links between the White House and leaders on the ground that would be so important in subsequent years.

Her visits to the Falls and Shankill Roads in Belfast to meet working-class women from both communities were especially important. She helped empower key women at a time in the conflict when women’s voices were hardly heard. She played a major role in setting the groundwork for the formation of parties such as the Women’s Coalition, which was to play an essential role in cross-community bridge building in the vital years when the peace process was being bedded down.

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Hillary used the example of her peace efforts in Northern Ireland on her future global travels. Soon after being named Secretary of State she met with a small group of Irish-American leaders and spoke of her hopes that Irish Americans would meet and give advice to other diaspora leaders such as Pakistani and Indian Americans, revealing to them how the Irish diaspora helped end the conflict in Northern Ireland.

[Thinkingabout]

1. Thanks for sharing, there are many times Hillary has been on the front road of peace,

she needs to be recognized for her work.

[shenmue]

2. Peace saves lives

[Thinkingabout]

3. Yes.

[Arazi]

4. She greatly exaggerated her role in that process

and was called out on that by none other than Nobel Peace prize winner Lord Trimble

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/1581606/Hillary-Clinton-I-was-instrumental-in-Northern-Ireland-peace-process.html

[Cha]

5. No, she didn't,the Irish are grateful for her part in the process.. there's all sorts of propaganda

out there on Hillary.

Sad really.

[anamnua]

6. I am Irish and resident in Ireland

and I can tell you that she made a huge contribution to peace in my country -- hence my Hillaryphilia. Trimble was/is a bigot with multiple unworthy agendae. He won his Nobel prize on John Hume's coattails.

[Cha]

7. Mahalo for that, anamnua!

[pandr32]

11. Thank you for weighing in!

[UtahLib]

8. K&R

[northoftheborder]

9. Thanks for info I didn't know!

About Hillary's role in Irish peace making process.

[Lucinda]

10. I knew how much she had done, but this I didnt know:

"...Hillary used the example of her peace efforts in Northern Ireland on her future global travels. Soon after being named Secretary of State she met with a small group of Irish-American leaders and spoke of her hopes that Irish Americans would meet and give advice to other diaspora leaders such as Pakistani and Indian Americans, revealing to them how the Irish diaspora helped end the conflict in Northern Ireland..."

And that is why having those personal connections will make such a huge difference when she is POTUS. Not only is she a problem solver, but she empowers people to be part of that process, then asks them to show others how they did it.

And at the root of it all, and a huge part of her time at state, was spent promoting the idea that empowered women with a voice are the key to stability and progress all over the world.



Thank you!