Covering the 2021-2023 period, the study examines how gender intersects with political participation and the political economy of oil in South Sudan. Focusing on the 35% quote under the 2018 Revitalised Agreement on the Resolution of Conflict (R-ARCSS), the report found that despite the 35% under the 2018 Revitalised Agreement on the Resolution of Conflict in South Sudan, the report found that women’s inclusion in decision-making on environmental governance, revenue allocations, and climate adaptation strategies remains limited due to entrenched petro-masculine political settlements. Finally, the report highlights that political participation should be accompanied by the disruption of the underlying political economy that perpetuates patriarchal dominance in resource governance.

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