Ketty Anyeko

Ketty Anyeko was a Postdoctoral Researcher with the Research Network on Women, Peace and Security (WPS). She holds a PhD in Interdisciplinary Studies from University of British Columbia and MA in Peace Studies from Notre Dame University. Ketty was awarded Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarship for her doctoral research that focused on women’s senses of justice and reparations in Uganda. She has two decades’ experience in peace, justice, and gender programme planning and implementation. She previously conducted action research, policy advocacy and documentation with conflict-affected communities through non-profit organizations in northern Uganda, but currently does scholarly work. She has engaged internationally with conflict-affected communities, justice advocates, and policy makers in Uganda, Cambodia, Philippines, Colombia, South Africa, Kenya, and United States.

She is a co-applicant on a SSHRC grant on transformative memory. Her postdoctoral research will unpack perspectives of children born of wartime forced pregnancy in Uganda on the International Criminal Court’s 2021 verdict on former rebel commander, Dominic Ongwen. She is working with the supervision of Professor Kamari Clarke. 

Publications

Doctoral Dissertation

• Anyeko, K. (2021). Lived justice : women’s senses of justice, reparations and decision-making after wartime sexual violence in northern Uganda (T). University of British Columbia.

Peer-Reviewed Articles and Book Chapters

• Mutsonziwa B. C. Tinashe, Anyeko Ketty, Baines Erin. (2020). “Child tracing: locating the paternal homes of ‘children born of war.’”. Development in Practice : 1-10. (Second listed author)
• Anyeko Ketty, Shaya Tamara. (2019). “Storytelling and Peacebuilding: Lessons from Northern Uganda.” Mitchell G, Vincett G, Hawksley T, Culbertson H. Peacebuilding and the Arts.Palgrave Macmillan: 235-251. (First listed author)
• Anyeko Ketty, Erin Baines, Emon Komakech, Boniface Ojok, Lino O. Ogora and Letha Victor. 2012.“‘The Cooling of Hearts': Community Truth-Telling in Northern Uganda.” Human Rights Review . Vol. 13, no. 1: 107-124. (First listed author)

Policy Reports

• 2022. ‘“Prosecution Will Not Solve My Problems:” Women’s Senses of Justice and Reparations After Conflict-Related Sexual Violence in Northern Uganda.’ Canada and Uganda, University of British Columbia, Women’s Advocacy Network and Watyer Ki Gen. (First listed author and co-research-forthcoming 2022).
• 2016. “Improving Accountability for Conflict-related Sexual Violence in Africa.” United States Institute of Peace's PEACEBRIEF. United States and Uganda, Missing Peace Practitioners Workshop on Sexual Violence, Human Rights Center, University of California and Uganda Fund. (First listed author and a 2015 workshop organizer)
• 2012. “Who Forgives Whom? Northern Uganda's Views on The Amnesty Act.” The Justice and Reconciliation Project.Gulu, Uganda. (First listed author and co-researcher).
• 2009. “Kill Every Living Thing: The Barlonyo Massacre” Justice and Reconciliation Project. Field Notes 9. Gulu and Vancouver: Gulu District NGO Forum, Liu Institute for Global Issues. 24pp. (Co-researcher and co-author).
• 2007. “‘Abomination': Local Belief Systems and International Justice.” Justice and Reconciliation Project. Field Notes 5. Gulu and Vancouver: Gulu District NGO Forum, Liu Institute for Global Issues. 15pp. (Co-researcher).
• 2007. “The Cooling of Hearts: Community Truth-Telling in Acholi-land.” Justice and Reconciliation Project. Gulu and Vancouver: Gulu District NGO Forum, Liu Institute for Global Issues. 24pp. (First listed author and co researcher)
• 2007. “Remembering the Atiak Massacre: April 20th, 1995.” Justice and Reconciliation Project. Field Notes 4. Gulu and Vancouver: Gulu District NGO Forum, Liu Institute for Global Issues. 20pp. (Co-researcher)
• 2006. “Young Mothers, Marriage and Reintegration: Considerations for the Juba Peace Talks.” Gulu and Vancouver, Gulu District NGO Forum and the Liu Institute for Global Issues. (First listed author and co-researcher)

C. Broadcast and Text Interviews

• 2022. What Does Justice Mean for Women Who Seek Reparations? University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC
• 2022. Lived Justice Podcast. University of British Columbia, produced by Michelle Meiklejohn, researched, and narrated by Ketty Anyeko, UBC, Vancouver, BC
• 2022. Blogpost by Ketty Anyeko. “Justice is Lived”: Women’s Senses of Justice and Reparations After Wartime Sexual Violence in Northern Uganda.’ Research Network on Women, Peace and Security, Canada.
• 2020. Alumni Spotlight: Ketty Anyeko and Lindsay McClain Opiyo. The Kroc Cast: Peace Studies Conversation. Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies, Notre Dame, United States.
• 2018. PhDs Go Public, presented on ‘women’s senses of justice and reparations in Uganda.’Organised by University of British Columbia’s Public Scholar’s Initiative, Vancouver, Canada
• 2017. ‘Hidden War Crimes,’ Interviewed and featured in a documentary film on addressing sexual violence in war, Action for Research and Coordination in Development (ACORD), Uganda.
• 2016. Conjugal Slavery in War Project broadcast interview on researching wartime forced marriage in Uganda, filmed and published by York University, Toronto, Canada. 
• 2012. ‘Rebuilding Lives in Northern Uganda,’ text interview on women’s reintegration and recovery post rebel abduction. Interviewed and published by OPENCANADA, online interview, United States and Canada.
• 2010-2012. Reintegration and reconciliation for formerly abducted young women and their children born of forced marriage by rebel commanders, A bi-weekly program of Justice & Reconciliation Project for reintegration of child mothers broadcasted on local FM radios in Uganda.

Presentations

• “UNSCR 1325 (2000) on Women, Peace and Security.” Gender, Peace and Security Class, University of British Columbia (UBC), Vancouver, Canada (Guest Facilitator), 2021.
• “Lived Justice: Women’s Senses of Justice and Reparations After Wartime Sexual Violence and Forced Marriage in Northern Uganda.” War as Social Practice Spring Lecture Series at Colgate University, United States (Keynote speaker), 2021
•  “African Ancestry: Diverse histories, identities, and ways of knowing.” BC Studies Conference, University of the Fraser Valley (co-presenter), 2021
• “After the Verdict: The Many Sides of Justice.” An international justice panel organized by the University of Toronto and UBC following the sentencing of former LRA commander Dominic Ongwen by the ICC in May 2021 (Panelist), 2021
• “Lived Justice: Women’s Senses of Justice and Reparations After Wartime Sexual Violence and Forced Marriage in Northern Uganda.” Transitional Justice Class, University of British Columbia (UBC), Vancouver, Canada (Guest lecturer), 2021
• “Learning from Lived Experiences of Conflict”. Gender, Women, Peace and Security Class, UBC, Vancouver, Canada (Guest lecturer), 2020
• “Interview Skills.” Global Policy Project Class, UBC, Vancouver, Canada (Guest Lecturer), 2020
• “Postitionality & Ethical Considerations in Research,” Research Methods Class, UBC, 2020
• “Storytelling and Peace-building in Northern Uganda.” Kroc Conference 2019-Building Sustainable Peace: Ideas, Evidence, Strategies, Notre Dame, United States (Panelist), 2019
• “The Aftermath of Forced Marriage: A Case Study of Northern Uganda,” Gender and Conflict Class, Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, Canada (Guest lecturer), 2019.
• “Community's Perceptions of Dominic Ongwen's Trial at the International Criminal Court.” Whose Justice: Reframing the International Criminal Court's Trial of Dominic Ongwen, Columbia University, New York, United States (Panelist), 2017
• “The Politics of Missing Persons in Northern Uganda.” International Research Round-table on Memory and Social Responsibility During and After Mass Violence, Vancouver, Canada (Panelist), 2017
• “Community's Views on Truth-telling in Northern Uganda.” Presented to Law and Society Graduate Class, York University, Toronto, Canada. (Guest lecturer), 2017
• “Gender and Transitional Justice.” Learning From Lived Experiences to Improve Responses to Conflict, New York, United States. (Keynote speaker), 2016
• “Grassroots Views on Peace and Justice in Northern Uganda.” International Justice Conference, Cape Town, South Africa. (Presenter), 2014
• “Gender, Justice and Human Rights for War-affected Persons.” Human Rights and Justice Class, Ateneo University, Davao, Philippines. (Guest lecturer). 2013
• “Consequences of Internal Displacement in Northern Uganda.” Disaster, Displacement and Human Rights Conference, University of Tennessee, United States. (Presenter), 2012
• “Impact of Conflict on Women and Girls in Northern Uganda. On the Edges of Conflict Conference,” Vancouver, Canada (Presenter), 2009.