Monica McWilliams

Quick Facts

Full Name	Monica McWilliams
Occupation	Politician
Date Of Birth	Apr 28, 1954(1954-04-28)
Age	70
Birthplace	Ballymoney
Country	United Kingdom
Birth City	Northern Ireland
Horoscope	Aries

Monica McWilliams Biography

Monica McWilliams is one of the most popular and richest Politician who was born on April 28, 1954 in Ballymoney, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom. Monica Mary McWilliams, born 28 April 1954, is an academic from Northern Ireland, peace activist, human right defender, and former politician.

From 1998 to 2003, she was a member the Northern Ireland Legislative Assembly. She also chaired the Implementation Committee on Human Rights on behalf the British and Irish governments. From 2005 to 2011, she was Chief Commissioner of Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission. She also served as the Oversight Commission for Northern Ireland prison reform (2011-2015). She is currently a member of the Independent Reporting Commission on the dissolution of paramilitary organizations in Northern Ireland.

McWilliams was one of five persons appointed in December 2011 to a Prisons Reform Oversight Group advising the Northern Ireland Department of Justice. In 2015 she was appointed by the First Minister and the Deputy First Minister to the Fresh Start Panel on the Disbandment of Paramilitary Organizations in Northern Ireland. She was subsequently appointed by international treaty between the British and Irish governments to the Independent Reporting Commission from 2017 to 2021 to oversee the recommendations from the Panel report.

Throughout her career Monica has given voice to women. In 2018, in recognition of her life work and in celebration of the 100 Anniversary of Suffrage, Women in Business awarded Monica with a Special Lifetime Achievement Award. Also in 2018 Monica McWilliams was inducted into The Irish Tatler Hall of Fame. Monica was a ‘castaway’ guest on Desert Island Discs, June 9, 2019. [2] She was featured in the documentary “Wave Goodbye to Dinosaurs”, a history of the Northern Ireland’s Women’s Coalition.

She co-founded Northern Ireland Women’s Coalition in 1996 and was elected as a delegate to the Multi-Party Peace Negotiations. This led to the Good Friday Peace Agreement of 1998.

Monica McWilliams Net Worth

Monica McWilliams is one of the richest Politician from United Kingdom. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Monica McWilliams 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Monica is co-author of two books and three government-published research papers: Bringing it Out in the open: Domestic Violence In Northern Ireland (1993), with Joan McKiernan; and Taking Domestic Violence seriously: Issues for Civil and Criminal Justice System (1996), with Lynda Spence. In the 1990s, her research led to the creation of the first domestic violence policy by the government. Twenty-five years later, the first longitudinal study on domestic abuse during and after conflict was published. Her publications include articles on the effects of political conflict and on conflict resolution, as well as articles about women’s rights. Facilitated workshops for women in conflict areas such as Columbia, Myanmar and Uganda, DRC. She also has experience with Syria, Yemen, Afghanistan. Iraq, Israel, Palestine, Syria, Yemen, Syria, Yemen, Iraq, Syria, Yemen, Afghanistan, Iraq. In 1998, she was among nine Northern Ireland peace process signatories who were jointly awarded the John F. Kennedy Library Profile in Courage Award. In 1999, she was one of two recipients of the Frank Cousins peace award (in memory of a British trade union official). She was awarded honorary doctorates by Lesley College (Massachusetts), Mount Mary College, Milwaukee and University of York.

McWilliams was elected to a seat in 1996 with Sagar as the Women’s Coalition representative at the multi-party peace talks in Northern Ireland that led to the 1998 Good Friday Agreement. As a signatory to an International Peace Treaty, she was one of 3% of all women worldwide. The Forum for Dialogue and Understanding, which was seated alongside the peace negotiations, made her a frequent target of sexism and ridicule. It challenged the ways in which women in public life are subject to such behaviour. She was able to secure key outcomes in the peace agreement, including restitution of victims, reconciliation and shared housing. The civic forum was not limited to disarmament and decommissioning. This was crucial to the Good Friday Agreement’s success.

McWilliams returned to her university post from 2003 until she was appointed by the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland as full-time Chief Commissioner of the Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission in June 2005, for a three-year term. She was reappointed for a second term, in September 2008. Under her six- year leadership the Commission finalized the advice on a Bill of Rights for Northern Ireland. It was presented to the UK government in December 2008 where legislation on a Bill of Rights for Northern Ireland is still awaited. In 2011 she returned to the University of Ulster as Professor of Women’s Studies in the Transitional Justice Institute which carries out research on gender, transition, human rights and conflict.

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Monica Ranked on the list of most popular Politician. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United Kingdom. Monica McWilliams celebrates birthday on April 28 of every year.

What age is Monica mcwilliams?

68 years (April 28, 1954)

Where was Monica McWilliams born?

Ballymoney, United Kingdom