Bio

Ms. Kgomotso Komane is a PhD candidate in International Relations at the University of Pretoria, South Africa. She is a research assistant for the Centre for the Study of Governance Innovation (GovInn) and a research assistant for the Centre for Mediation in Africa. She was a recipient of the SSRC’s 2024 Next Gen Doctoral Dissertation Research Fellowship. 

Her research focuses on understanding the role of women in peace processes using an intersecting theoretical framework. Using Lesotho as a case study, her doctoral research seeks to provide an in-depth understanding of the role of women in peacebuilding and mediation in Lesotho through an intersecting theoretical framework of decolonial peace, decolonial feminism, African feminism, and indigenous knowledge systems to explore the complex and integrated challenges Basotho women face.