The CSRF Research Repository aims to support greater contextual knowledge for policy makers, programme managers, and implementers by providing a searchable repository of research, analysis, and resources, and providing periodic updates on new research and analysis.
This analysis summarizes findings from conflict analyses undertaken as part of the UNICEF Peacebuilding, Education and Advocacy (PBEA) Programme, funded by the Government of the Netherlands. The purpose of the report is to create actionable recommendations for the education sector in South Sudan to inform and shape peace consolidation and nation building. The analysis points out some of the key challenges of the South Sudan’s education system that pertain to massive gaps in service delivery,…
The objective of the evaluation was to give communities a voice, identify and attribute education in emergencies (EiE) impact. The evaluation process did this firstly through a goal free dicussion with groups representative of a cross section of people in communities. The aim of this was to find out what were the most important things that had happened in their lives over the past 2 years. The purpose of this was to determine whether education…
The subject of youth and their role in violent conflict continues to shape African social science research; hence the need to initiate sustainable preventive measures as youth violence permeates every policy discussion in conflict and post-conflict contexts. The research has focused primarily on the role of youth either as perpetrators or as victims of violence. Several projects have linked increased youth engagement in violence to growing levels of illiteracy, rising unemployment and poverty. These neo-classical…
This policy brief (2012) explores challenges to building a peaceful society in South Sudan through education. It examines existing efforts, identifies opportunities and makes recommendations for how to improve peace, civic and citizenship education in South Sudan. Download
This report provides data around education in South Sudan and describes some of the major challenges and opportunities for education sector strategies. Download
This report summarises the findings from a qualitative study of the situation of higher education in Southern Sudan, and takes a bottom up perspective on barriers women face in access to higher education and possible constraints they meet while undertaking higher education. Download
This report (2010) presents a base line assessment of 37 primary schools in Aweil East County in Northern Bahr el-Ghazal, South Sudan. Download
The report (2008) presents the results of village assessments conducted in four states of SouthernSudan and Southern Kordofan. The results are part of the IOM Village Assessment Programme, which is commited to extend support returnees. The report covers access to services, income generation, food resources as well as shelter and housing. Download
This article examines the situation of the internally displaced persons from Southern Sudan living in and around the capital and their experience with the dominant Islamic discourse, and particularly the educational discourse of the ruling National Congress (NC). Link to publication
Victims of warfare, famine, slavery, and isolation, the Southern Sudanese are one of the most undereducated populations in the world. Since the inception of formal education in southern Sudan a century ago, schooling has largely consisted of island-like entities surrounded by oceans of educational emptiness. Islands of Education is the first book to comprehensively examine this harrowing educational reality. The most recent civil war in southern Sudan raged unrelentingly for 21 years and left approximately…
