--- title: Five Best: Include Women in International Peace Processes description: Why it’s critical to include women in international peace processes, having close friends is key to keeping memory sharp and more. canonical: https://time.com/5008835/its-critical-to-include-women-in-international-peace-processes/ author: TIME article:opinion: true article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-11-03T16:00:24.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-05-11T04:58:21.924Z article:section: Ideas og:title: Include Women in International Peace Processes og:description: And four more of today's best ideas og:url: https://time.com/5008835/its-critical-to-include-women-in-international-peace-processes/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Include Women in International Peace Processes twitter:description: And four more of today's best ideas twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # It’s Critical To Include Women in International Peace Processes by [The Aspen Institute](https://time.com/author/the-aspen-institute/) ## The Aspen Institute Nov 3, 2017 4:00 PM UTC by [The Aspen Institute](https://time.com/author/the-aspen-institute/) ## The Aspen Institute Nov 3, 2017 4:00 PM UTC **1\.** [**This is why it’s so critical to include women in international peace processes.**](https://www.cfr.org/interactive/womens-participation-in-peace-processes) By the _Council on Foreign Relations_ **2\.** [**Want to keep your memory sharp? Having close friends is key.**](https://news.northwestern.edu/stories/2017/november/close-friends-superager-memory/) By Kristin Samuelson at _Northwestern University_ **3\.** [**Spanking your kids could lead to mental health problems when they grow up.**](http://ns.umich.edu/new/releases/25218-childhood-spankings-can-lead-to-adult-mental-health-problems) By Jared Wadley at the _University of Michigan_ **4\.** [**Aquaculture could feed the world and protect the planet — if we get it right.**](https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2017/10/how-aquaculture-can-feed-the-world-and-save-the-planet-at-the-same-time) By Robert Jones at the _World Economic Forum_ **5\.** [**Why Facebook owes America radical transparency.**](https://www.justsecurity.org/46565/mark-zuckerberg-its-time-act-radical-transparency/) By Justin Hendrix at _Just Security_  [_The Aspen Institute_](http://www.aspeninstitute.org/) _is an educational and policy studies organization based in Washington, D.C._ ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"OpinionNewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5008835/its-critical-to-include-women-in-international-peace-processes/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5008835/its-critical-to-include-women-in-international-peace-processes/"},"headline":"It’s Critical To Include Women in International Peace Processes","datePublished":"2017-11-03T16:00:24.000Z","dateModified":"2026-05-11T04:58:21.924Z","description":"These are today's best ideas","url":"https://time.com/5008835/its-critical-to-include-women-in-international-peace-processes/","keywords":["Five Best Ideas","Environment","Innovation","facebook","diplomacy","memory","Discipline"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"The Aspen Institute","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/the-aspen-institute/"}],"articleSection":"Ideas","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/ideas/","name":"Ideas"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/five-best-ideas/","name":"Five Best Ideas"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5008835/its-critical-to-include-women-in-international-peace-processes/","name":"It’s Critical To Include Women in International Peace Processes"}}]}] ```