This article is concerned with the participation of women in dealing with the past, both as a priority for women’s movements and as a practical matter for transitional justice processes. The article aims both to describe and critique a particular set of texts—primarily the 2009 Report of the Consultative Group on the Past in Northern Ireland (the Report), but also the documentary interventions made by local women’s organizations into that Report—as well as to open up critical space for similar projects in other areas. Fundamentally, the article asks: does the participation of women matter in dealing with the past? And if so, what difference does it make?