ABOUT

GEWLP’S BACKGROUND

The Gender Equity and Women’s Leadership Program is a National Non- Governmental Organization established in May 2013 in South Sudan. It was previously registered under South Sudan NGO ACT 2003 and now re-registered with Relief and Rehabilitation Commission in November 11, 2016, as per the NGOs act 2016. The overall objective of the organisation is to minimize institutional barriers to women’s access to higher education; strengthen the capacity of institutions to provide quality services and; support university female students and faculty involvement in outreach and mentoring activities in higher education.

Over the years, GEWLP has developed a trusting relationship with its stakeholders and government, and through its skilled local staff members, developed a deep understanding of the issues it seeks to address. GEWLP particularly seeks to engage with the efforts of marginalised and excluded, particularly disadvantaged citizens, girls and women to analyse and address root causes of exclusion and social injustice in communities and facilitate their participation in South Sudan-led initiatives to bring about social justice and rights-based development.

 

GEWLP HISTORY AND EXPERIENCE

GEWLP has been working in South Sudan since May 2013. The projects completed are:

1. SSHIELD Project. South Sudan Higher Initiative for Education Leadership and Development. It was a 2-year master’s programme that was initiated in 2013 at University of Juba but ended up @ Indiana University after fighting broke up in December 2013. 14 female scholars completed successfully at Indiana University

2. Master’s in Education This is a follow up– on to the successful South Sudan Higher Education Initiative Leadership Development (SSHIELD), a two – year project that sponsored 14 South Sudanese women scholars in Master’s degree in Education at Indiana University (USA) with concentration on conflict transformation. Funded by the United States Agency for International Development (UASID), the primary focus of this program is to create a sustainable South Sudanese led program, preparing the college of Education at the University of Juba to provide a Master’s of Education in Emergency program to address the needs of educational institutions in emergency. So far, a total of 20 students (12) females and 8 males from several Universities in South Sudan are participating in the MEP program, representing all the regions of South Sudan.

3. VISTAS Support program. The Support to children in Protection of civilian sites student started in 2014 and the project ended in 2018. It created an atmosphere to children and women displace in POC as an alternative venue to continue reading as they were help to reduce tension by residing in POC.

4. Impact Evaluation Research Project. 2019-2020. A one-year research on the Psychosocial Support on Children’s Well-being, Literacy, and Math Outcomes in the South Sudan Integrated Essential Emergency Education Services Research amount

5. Current Project: South Sudan Multi Year Emergency Activity. A Baseline Survey Research to assess household food security. Starting November 15, 2020, In partnership with Notre Dame University & Makerere University. 

VISION

•An independent, strong, vibrant, principled selfsustaining organisation guiding South Sudan to a free,
democratic region based on equity for all.
• A leading African women NGO and Globally renowned
centre of excellence on gender mainstreaming and the empowerment of women for development.
• An organisation that is represented in all the states of South Sudan and reaches out to all the corners and
villages where the majority of women are found.

MISSION

1. Create awareness and support activities, on Green Economy and ways to harness new and efficient sources of energy in order
to conserve the forests and ecosystem in South Sudan
2. Toimproveself-sufficiencyandreducemalnutritionandfood
insecurity among the vulnerable people in South Sudan;
3. To increase access to quality education for children of the poor
and vulnerable citizens in South Sudan;
4. To provide sustainable access to safe water and sanitation
services for men, women and children in rural and semi urban areas in the Country

CORE VALUES

1. Neutrality:
2. Integrity:
3. Transparency: 

4. Accountability:

5. Commitment:

6. Trust

Our Donors and Partners

COLLABORATIVEPARTNERSHIPS
GEWLP appreciates that pursuit of collaborative partnerships enhances true achievement ofits Objectives. Thus, GEWLP liaises with local and international
organizations a t different capacities – either a s implementing agencies or a s direct
partners.

COLLABORATIONS
GEWLP’s implementation approach is multi-sectoral and community-based, actively partnering and collaborating with a range of government line ministries and the USAID. GEWLP is an active member ofthe FSL and Protection Cluster.
The partners which GEWLP wishes to engage in partnership are allthe humanitarian agencies in South Sudan such as: –

  • UNEP
  • ICRAF
  • Democracy International (DI)
  • UNESCO
  • UNICEF
  • FAO
  • WFP
  • UNWOMEN
  • UNDP

NATIONAL & LOCAL PARTNERS

National Government 

         Ministry of Environment and Forestry

         Ministry of Health

         Ministry of General Education and Instructions

         Ministry of Peace Building

         Ministry of Humanitarian and Disasters Management 

         South Sudan Relief Rehabilitation Commission  (SSRR)

         State authorities
         South Sudan Aids Commission (SSAC)

         United Nation Association of South Sudan

         Women Groups Community Resilience Consortium

        State Governments 

            Central Equatorial 

             Unity State

             Eastern Equatoria 

             Western Bear el Ghazal 

              Jonglei State

    State authorities
 South Sudan Aids Commission (SSAC)

United Nation Association of South Sudan

         Women Groups Community Resilience Consortium

          NGO Forum 

 

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