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Despite relative progress in women’s participation in peace processes, still very little is known about the experiences of women mediators and negotiators in “Track One” peace processes. To address this knowledge gap, women mediators and negotiators from a broad range of conflict contexts and peace processes were brought together for three workshops to explore the challenges they have faced and the strategies they have developed when engaging in mediation and negotiation at the Track One level. This report highlights six key findings from the workshops, with illustrative case examples from Syria, Kenya, Kosovo, Mozambique, and the Philippines. It concludes with an exploration of what “peace leadership” could and should mean in negotiations and mediation in the 21st century.