On the 20th anniversary of the landmark UN resolution on women and peace, we are still fighting for a seat at the table.
![Betty Bigombe, right, talks to LRA rebel leaders in her capacity as Uganda's chief negotiator, in Palabek, near northern Ugandan-Sudan border on December 28, 2004 [File: James Akena/Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/RTRJAC0.jpg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)

Betty Bigombe was chief mediator to the conflict in northern Uganda in the mid-2000s, and has worked on peace-building in South Sudan, Sri Lanka and Colombia.
On the 20th anniversary of the landmark UN resolution on women and peace, we are still fighting for a seat at the table.
![Betty Bigombe, right, talks to LRA rebel leaders in her capacity as Uganda's chief negotiator, in Palabek, near northern Ugandan-Sudan border on December 28, 2004 [File: James Akena/Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/RTRJAC0.jpg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)