Dr. Catherine Turner is assistant professor of law at Durham University, specializing in international law and conflict. Her research builds on her experience of the practice of mediation in Northern Ireland. https://www.newsdeeply.com/peacebuilding/contributor/catherine-turner/rss en Protection & Peace Women & Peace Tue, 22 Aug 2017 09:30:37 +0000 Catherine Turner https://www.newsdeeply.com/peacebuilding/articles/2017/08/22/time-to-celebrate-the-unsung-women-heroes-of-peace-mediation https://www.newsdeeply.com/peacebuilding/articles/2017/08/22/time-to-celebrate-the-unsung-women-heroes-of-peace-mediation While women are active and successful mediators at the grassroots level, they remain largely invisible in international peacemaking. Dr. Catherine Turner says it is urgent to raise the profile of women mediators.