<p>Contemporary scholarship on women, peace and security has consistently interrogated issues of gender disparity in peace processes and the constrained integration of women in conventional peace architectures. Various analytical models, such as the liberal, indigenous, and hybridisation frameworks, have argued for the democratisation and decentralisation of peace processes to include grassroots actors and indigenous peace mechanisms. Nonetheless, the representation of women in hybridised peace infrastructures such as the institution of chieftaincy and their involvement and influence in conflict resolution processes anchored in such institutions remains understudied. This study interrogates this underexplored area of women’s representation, influence and relevance for conflict resolution within the chieftaincy institution of the Northern Region of Ghana. Leveraging the hybridisation framework, the study argues that hybridity in its current form reproduces exclusion, contrasting sharply with indigenous peace processes that are collective, informal, and participatory. The study relied on transnational discourses on conflict resolution and peacebuilding, as well as insights from individual interviews and focus group discussions with 78 differently situated women and men to explore women’s representation in the institution of chieftaincy and their influence and relevance in conflict resolution practices in the Northern Region of Ghana. The participants were sampled using the maximum variation purposive sampling technique, while the collected data were analysed using an inductive thematic analytical technique with the help of NVivo Software. The Northern Region occupies a distinctive position in which women are appointed as chiefs rather than as queens, a common practice across Ghana. Nonetheless, the roles of women in conflict resolution anchored on the institution of chieftaincy are deeply constrained by prevailing patriarchal ideologies and gender discriminatory norms and practices. The study found that although there were powerful female chiefs such as the <i>Gundogu-Naa</i> and the <i>Bugulaana</i> in the Northern region, they were not part of the councils of chiefs, depicting a gendered exclusion within the hybridised institution of chieftaincy in Ghana. The study builds upon these limitations proposing the concept of cautious hybridity. It concludes that women’s inclusion in decision-making is not only a matter of justice and equality, but also a pragmatic approach to achieving sustainable peace. This inclusion can be achieved through a cautious hybridisation of peace process. The study, therefore, advocates for a cautious hybridisation of the institution of chieftaincy, where indigenous peace processes that recognise and promote women’s contributions to peacebuilding are enhanced and repositioned to embrace the values of democracy, transparency, and accountability without losing their essential indigenous characteristics.</p>