The three-week training examined a range of psychosocial, trauma recovery/healing, and peacebuilding concepts and practices.
Leaders will discuss their political differences, local community conflict drivers, and strategies to address cattle raiding, age-set youth violence and child abduction.
This study contributes to UNDP’s work with women, with regard to resolving peace and security issues in the region.
The Accelerator Lab launched a regular convening, called Meet and Greets, in June, to serve as a platform to highlight and celebrate the innovative work being done throughout the country. New solutions have captured our attention with three initiatives driving South Sudan forward and in the right direction from the Accelerator Lab. in South Sudan.
The series of seminars covered company registration; taxes and contracts; human rights; GBV; laws that offer protection, and how to seek for help.
How can youth innovation and ideas contribute to transformation of food systems to address food insecurity and achieve zero hunger (SDG 1) in South Sudan?
“Our work as women in Greater Pibor Administrative Area is to promote communities to live in peace and unity.”
Building Bridges, Breaking Barriers
We work with local communities in South Sudan to improve social cohesion and foster reconciliation. This is done through creating and sustaining structures to prevent and resolve local conflicts.
Improving Access to Justice to Build Resilience
We work with national partners to address the drivers of conflict and build resilient communities by strengthening institutions that resolve disputes quickly and fairly, empowering people to claim their rights peacefully, increasing safety and security at community level, establishing transitional justice mechanisms and building a national system to stem further human rights violations.
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On the ground in about 170 countries and territories, UNDP works to eradicate poverty while protecting the planet. We help countries develop strong policies, skills, partnerships and institutions so they can sustain their progress.
For over 30 years, UNDP has been supporting the South Sudanese in their fight against poverty. With the formation of the independent Republic of South Sudan in July 2011, UNDP established a Country Office and has been working all over the country to help build resillient and sustainable government institutions.
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About South Sudan
12.58 million
Population
50.6
Poverty rate
$1067
Per capita income
0.418
Human Dev. Index
