Alice Wairimu Nderitu is a Kenyan armed conflict analyst and mediator, educator and author. Alice has won a number of awards recognizing her commitment to peaceful resolution of conflicts throughout Africa and innovative approach to mediation. She is a member of the African Union’s Network of African Women in Conflict Prevention and Mediation, the Women Waging Peace Network, the Community Voices for Peace and Pluralism https://peaceandpluralism.org/ and is a columnist with the East African Newspaper https://www.theeastafrican.co.ke. Alice served as a Commissioner of the National Cohesion and Integration Commission in Kenya and was one of the founders and first co-chair of Uwiano Platform for Peace, a conflict prevention agency that uses mobile technology to encourage citizens to report indicators of violence, linking early warning to early response. She was one of three mediators of a peace agreement signed by 10 ethnic communities in Nakuru, Kenya. For 16 months, she was the only woman in a peace process of 100 elders and 3 mediators. She was the lead mediator in a peace process involving 29 ethnic communities in Kaduna State that led to the signing of the Kafanchan Peace Declaration. She was the lead mediator in a peace process involving 56 ethnic communities leading to the Southern Plateau Inter-Communal Peace Declaration in Southern Plateau, Nigeria. She is a member of the Kenya National Committee on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide, War Crimes, Crimes Against Humanity and all Forms of Discrimination. She sits on the Boards of the Life and Peace Institute and Act! - Act, Change, Transform. As an international leader in a male-dominated field, Alice Nderitu has been an advocate of women inclusion in various international forums and has contributed to reports on the issue. She also served as a Commissioner of the Presidential Commission of Inquiry into the dissolution of The Makueni County Government in Kenya Quote: "Conflict is a fact of life. Violence and conflict do not mean the same thing because conflict involves choices that include interventions before it becomes violent. We must now join hands to work towards the kind of interventions that promote community ownership of peace" —Alice Nderitu"
2017, Global Pluralism Award awarded by Global Centre for Pluralism for commitment to conflict prevention throughout Africa and innovative approach to mediation.
2019, Diversity and Inclusion Peace and Cohesion Champion Award from the Kenya National Diversity Inclusion Award
Publications
Mukami Kimathi – Mau Mau Woman Freedom Fighter – Wairimu Nderitu
Anass Bendrif, Sahira al Karaguly, Mohammadi Laghzaoui, Esmah Lahlah, Maeve Moynihan, Alice Nderitũ, Joelle Rizk, and Maytham Al Zubaidi.. An introduction to human rights in the Middle East and North Africa- a guide for NGOs.
Alice Nderitũ and Jacqueline O’Neill.. 7 myths standing in the way of women’s inclusion. Inclusive Security.
Alice Wairimũ Nderitũ.. From the Nakuru County peace accord.
Alice Wairimũ Nderitũ African Peace Building: Civil Society Roles in Conflict. In Pamela Aall and Chester A. Crocker. Minding the Gap: African Conflict Management in a Time of Change.
Alice Wairimũ Nderitũ. Catherine Ndereba: The Authorised Biography of a Marathon World Record holder
Alice Wairimũ Nderitũ. Beyond Ethnicism: Exploring Ethnic and Racial Diversity for Educators. Mdahalo Bridging Divides Limited.
Alice Wairimũ Nderitũ. Kenya: Bridging Ethnic Divides, A Commissioner’s Experience on Cohesion and Integration. Mdahalo Bridging Divides Limited.
Swanee Hunt & Alice Wairimũ Nderitũ.. WPS as a political movement. In Sara E. Davies & Jacqui True. The Oxford Handbook of Women, Peace, and Security. New York: Oxford University Press.
