Reconfiguring the South Sudanese Women’s Movement

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ID6147713
AuthorsJane Kani Edwards (corresponding author), Jane Kani Edward (Fordham University, corresponding author)
Year2019
Volume17
Issue1
Pages55-84
Publication date2019-04-04
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueHawwa (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1569-2078 • E-ISSN: 1569-2086
PublisherBrill (PUBLISHER • NL)
DOI10.1163/15692086-12341345
OpenAlexW2943856436
LanguageEN
References cited7

This article examines multiple aspects that prompted the emergence and development of the women’s movement in South Sudan. It intends to outline challenges and opportunities for the women’s movement over the years. Indeed, there are numerous sociocultural, economic, political, and structural aspects that impinge on women’s collective actions and mobilization. Nevertheless, this article focuses on how the efforts of the women’s movement strived to articulate and promote critical issues related to women and gender in South Sudan that are partly constrained by three interrelated factors: its close association with the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement ( SPLM ), persistent civil wars and political instability, and donor agencies’ influence on its agenda and activities. The paper argues that, without any tangible changes in these dynamics, the women’s movement in South Sudan will not be able to simultaneously and effectively tackle practical and strategic gender concerns and interests and achieve gender equality in South Sudan

Civil society · Development economics · Economic growth · Economics · Liberation movement · Movement (music · Political economy · Political instability · Political mobilization · Political opportunity · Political science · Politics · Social movement · Sociocultural evolution · Sociology · Gender Politics and Representation · Gender Studies · Historical and Contemporary Political Dynamics · Historical Gender and Feminism Studies · Law

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