Fearon, K: City of Soldiers

From Northern Ireland, Kate Fearon currently works as the Head of the Mitrovica Office for the International Civilian Representative in Kosovo. In 2009 and 2010 she was the Governance Advisor on rule of law issues to the UK-led Helmand Provincial Reconstruction Team in Afghanistan. Prior to that she was Deputy Head of the Political Department of the Office of the High Representative in Bosnia and Herzegovina, working on embedding the provisions of the Dayton Peace Accords. In the Northern Ireland peace process she was a founder member the Northern Ireland Women s Coalition, worked as its Chief of Staff in the negotiations and in the inaugural Northern Ireland Assembly. An activist since her student days, she served as national Women's Officer for the Union of Student in Ireland (USI) and as President of Queen s University Belfast student union.