Death of two Quaker peacemakers
Two Friends who made significant contributions to peacekeeping have died
Two Friends who made significant and pioneering contributions to peacekeeping and conflict resolution in Britain and Northern Ireland have died.
Janet Quilley was a Quaker representative in Northern Ireland, with her husband Alan, during the 1990s. She played a valuable role in the peace process, particularly in using Quaker House, in Belfast, as a neutral meeting space for representatives of Loyalist and Republican groups and community and state institutions. The Quilleys worked closely with Mo Mowlam when she was secretary of state for Northern Ireland in the late 1990s.
Sue Bowers was at the forefront of bringing conflict resolution work into UK schools in the 1980s. Many of the techniques she pioneered through her work, particularly in Kingston upon Thames, are now standard practice.
Her innovative work in conflict resolution led to invitations to Brussels, Strasbourg, Moscow and various cities in the United States. After leaving Kingston in 1989 she developed rural mediation work in Dorset and went on to teach conflict resolution at the Woodbrooke Quaker Study Centre in Birmingham.
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