On 16–17 July 2025, the African Transitional Justice Research Coalition held the first meeting of the Gendered Violence Hub at ALN House, Nairobi. It was two days of rich and challenging discussions on the persistence and transformation of gendered violence during and after conflict and authoritarian rule.
Our conversations confronted the layered, evolving, and often hidden ways gendered violence persists during and after conflict or authoritarian rule. Through panels, debates, and collaborative dialogue, we realised:
• International justice has made some progress on gender justice but significant gaps remain. Regional courts, universal jurisdiction and grassroots activism may hold fresh potential.
• 25 years after the WPS agenda, women’s participation in peacebuilding and politics is still fragile, often threatened and in some contexts violently suppressed.
• Memory and narrative are vital. Feminist storytelling, art and curriculum can challenge dominant histories and foster healing.
• Justice beyond the state is essential where formal systems fail, from strategic litigation to community-led dispute resolution.
• Gender apartheid requires urgent legal and political attention as a systemic form of exclusion and harm.
A heartfelt thank you to ALN Academy Kenya for generously hosting us, and to all the speakers, panelists, facilitators, and the incredible set-up and support team who made the event seamless and impactful. This was such a collaborative effort that it’s impossible to name everyone individually, the list is truly endless, but each contribution was invaluable.
This Hub is a call to push past narrow framings of harm and justice. It is a space to reimagine what gender justice can look like when grounded in intersectional, feminist, and community-led approaches.
Here’s to continuing the work in advancing gender justice across Africa and globally. From recognition to remedy, and from fragmentation to coherence.
