Word: offing
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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"You live in countries where the shadow of conflict and the specter of violence hang heavy over everyday life. Yet you have all made the courageous decision to work for the great cause of peace. You have gone beyond talk and belief, to action," Kennedy said.
"We've come together to create a network, a network of women who are determined to stop the violence," said former U.S. Ambassador to Austria Swanee Hunt, director of the program on women and public policy at KSG.
Each of the women who attended the conference was given a laptop computer, along with a network connection modem and extensive Internet training. These resources will enable the women to maintain a constant dialogue about both their progress and their struggles in their peacemaking efforts when they return to their...
After listening to women from Colombia, Palestine, South Africa and Northern Ireland speak about contributions to their countries' peacemaking processes, Kennedy rose to offer all of the women words of thanks and admiration.
Rather than focusing on the atrocities that continue to take place in the world's conflict zones, the conference delegates spoke with an air of optimism about the potential for progress initiatives like the conference represent.