Mary Robinson has been in Addis Ababa for the binannual meeting of the Gender is My Agenda Campaign, to meet Sudanese and South Sudanese women leaders, and stress the importance of involving women in the peace process between the two nations.

“We ought to do everything in our power to ensure girls can become all they can be.” Desmond Tutu

In November, Desmond Tutu and Graça Machel took part in a Girls Not Brides conference discussing how to end child marriage in Sub-Saharan Africa. The event in South Africa brought together activists, campaigners and experts from across the continent.

In a video interview with David Frost for Al Jazeera, Desmond Tutu offers his personal insight into the anti-apartheid struggle in South Africa and his concerns for the recent developments taking place in the country. Later, joined by Jimmy Carter, they discuss The Elders’ involvement in the Middle East and how they as an organisation decide where to focus their efforts.

In an article for The International Herald Tribune, Kofi Annan reflects on the recent G-20 meeting in Washington, D.C. and explains why aid and development assistance can contribute to global security.

In advance of the G20 summit in London, Kofi Annan argues that people in the least developed countries may be the biggest casualties of the global financial crisis - one that they played no part in creating. This article first appeared in The Guardian.