Some of the most negative aspects of women’s reintegration into society post conflict entail a need to hide their past participation in war from the Sri Lankan governmental authorities’ (Jordan & Denov 2007: 59). Thus the peace-building involvement of Ugandan women tends to reflect their traditional roles as “background workers” and actors off the scene. They are rarely involved in officially recognised - or “forefront” - formal peace negotiations, rather, they participate in the informal processes around the official meetings’ (Binder et al. She has been a key actor in the conflict-resolution process since 1994.