Maria Victoria “Mavic” Cabrera Balleza is the founder and chief executive officer of the Global Network of Women Peacebuilders. Her leadership and collaboration have resulted in the establishment of the UN Women’s Peace and Humanitarian Fund and the Generation Equality Compact on Women, Peace and Security and Humanitarian Action.
We should not normalize the fact that women and girls are living in conflict. With the U.N. Commission on the Status of Women underway, it is time to elevate women’s peace-building role.
