INSTITUTE FOR JUSTICE AND RECONCILIATION OCCASIONAL PAPER NUMBER 19 Gender and the Politics of Reconciliation Dr Helen Scanlon A U T H O R S B I O G R A P H Y Dr  Helen  Scanlon is the convenor of the Justice and Transformation Programme in the Department of Political Studies at the University of Cape Town, South Africa. Between 2012 and 2015 she was the head of the Gender Studies Department at the University of Cape Town. Until 2011 she was the Director of the International Center for Transitional Justice’s (ICTJ) Gender Justice Programme where she worked on issues of post-conflict transformation. Before joining ICTJ, Helen was a Senior Researcher at the Centre for Conflict Resolution in South Africa, working on peace-building in Africa. She holds a Ph.D. in South African history from the School of Oriental and African Studies at the University of London and has published widely on the subject of gender, peacebuilding and transitional justice.  INSTITUTE FOR JUSTICE AND RECONCILIATION 105 Hatfield Road Gardens Cape Town 8000 Website: www.ijr.org.za