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Rather than being seen as integral parts of the broader security sector reform (SSR) agenda, gender and informal justice are often treated as niche, and in some cases peripheral, areas of focus. On September 23, 2010, The North-South Institute (NSI) and The Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI) hosted a conference in Ottawa titled, At the Margins of Security Sector Reform: Gender and Informal Justice. The conference aimed to increase awareness of two areas in SSR that, while growing in importance, have traditionally received insufficient attention.