Women at the negotiating table - the missing piece in peacebuilding | Manal Omar | TEDxSanDiego

With violent extremism on the rise, and trust in governments on the decline, Manal Omar believes that it’s time for the peacebuilding community to change its approach to conflict resolution by inviting women, with their full sexuality intact, to take a seat at the negotiating table, where currently less that 10% of negotiators are women. Manal Omar is CEO and Founder of AcrossRedLines, which aims to address the gap in women’s knowledge on sexuality, gender, and intimacy within an Islamic framework. She was an inaugural fellow for Foreign Policy Interrupted and is a 2016 Truman National Security Fellow. She has over 20 years of experience in humanitarian work, conflict resolution, and peace building. She served as the Associate Vice President for the Middle East and Africa Center for the last nine years at the United States Institute of Peace. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx