This policy brief addresses women’s meaningful political participation, particularly in the context of armed conflict, by centering the perspectives of women themselves on the concept of politics, notions of political participation, and their positionalities within. The brief was produced within the joint “Gender-Sensitive Transitional Justice” project and is based on a series of field consultations organised by WILPF, Dawlaty and partner organisations with Syrian women. It concludes that gender-sensitive transitional justice, including political participation, require a holistic approach to justice and addresses the root causes of violence and the conditions that legitimise it