Since 2013, South Sudan has experienced civil war, intercommunal and localised violence. As a consequence, many South Sudanese are either internally displaced or fled to Uganda. There is a lack of two-fold crossborder projects addressing root causes of conflicts and meeting the most urgent needs of especially female refugees, returnees and those of host communities to adequately respond to a protracted crisis beyond geographical boundaries.

Expected Results

1) Strengthened conflict and gender sensitivity in humanitarian and development assistance through joint programming.

2) Increased female leadership and empowerment of women & girls.

3) Improved conflict resolution capacity & community mediation processes.

4) Protecting women’s rights and preventing sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV).

Main Activities

• Conduct knowledge sharing meetings, qualitative baseline study and stakeholder mapping, Rapid Gender Analysis
• Provide trainings in Gender Equity and Diversity (GED) and Gender Action Planning
• Conduct peace and conflict analysis
• Provide tailor-made conflict sensitivity HDP trainings
• Support women and girls‘ leadership groups and men and boys‘ positive masculinities groups
• Establish community farming groups, tree nurseries, enterprises and kitchen gardens
• VSLA support for women to access financial support
• Promote energy saving stoves
• Extend and maintain community roads for market access
• Establish and strengthen community peace monitors and groups
• Develop the capacity of community peace monitors and groups in conflict management and land rights
• Carry out conflict prevention and resolution activities
• Facilitate community peace dialogues
• Support refugees, returnees and host communities on land rights and natural resource development
• Offer capacity development and trainings in psychosocial support (PSS) and SGBV protection
• Provide PSS and access to protection and legal services to SGBV survivors
• Raise awareness on human rights, women peace & security and SGBV
• Carry out advocacy activities on human rights, women peace & security, and SGBV prevention

Partner Organisations

CARE Uganda, Palm Corps Uganda, Austrian Red Cross (ARC) (lead), Uganda Red Cross Society (URCS), Austrian Study Centre for Peace and Conflict Resolution (ASPR), Community Empowerment for Progress Organization (CEPO)