South Sudanese Womens Involvement In Armed Conflict And Their Influence During The Reconciliation Processes Between Government And The Oppositions

South Sudan becomes independent from the Republic of Sudan in 2011. The world’s new nation entered into a civil war within three years of gaining its independence. Struggle for political power between the President of South Sudan Salva Kiir and the vice president Riek Machar resulted in severe casualties. Since the outbreak of the civil war in 2013 until the signing of R-ARCSS (2018 peace agreement), Millions have fled, killed, and become vulnerable. However, the role of women during the conflict in South Sudan has evolved in different ways. Women during the South Sudan civil war had been a combatant (for all warring sides), supporter to fighter spouse, a stimulator to the fight and reconciler to the peace. The two peace agreements even include women during the agreement and in the post-power-sharing framework. Thus, this research opts to explore the severity of the conflict and the involvement of women during the peace agreement, and the impact of their involvement post-agreements. To conduct the research, primary and secondary sources were employed that gave the study a detailed explanation quantitatively and qualitatively

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