- the Forum invited participants to attend. Only those reached out came to the meetings. As noted earlier, the selection of participants was not controlled in any way. This explains the gender representation at the discussions. The other factor is that the facilitators needed small manageable groups to be effective. Selected secondary materials were also used for literature review in this report. Analyzing participation Disaggregating personal data of the participants who attended the Forum's meetings helps to demonstrate the participants' representation and how they contributed to the debates along gender lines. The quality of the debates and issues covered was not only a function of the issues the Forum set to cover under its Taking Transitional Justice to the People Program, but overall levels of representation along age, gender, level of education and whether one was a victim or affected by violence preceding the call for transitional justice and national healing. The table below shows the overall representation of the participants at the meetings. Fig. 1 Age Range in years Female Male Total 15-20 5 4 9 21-25 19 39 58 26-30 31 19 50 31-35 48 35 83 36-40 43 47 90 41-45 15 22 37 46-50 24 14 38 51-55 9 15 24 56-60 7 14 21 61-65 5 8 13 66-70 2 8 10 +71 - 9 9 Total 208 (47.1%) 234 (52.9) 442 (100%) 10