Report of a civil society meeting in Nairobi to discuss the ongoing crisis (since December 2013), its historical roots, and the possibility of peace.

This report (2011) presents the views of 38 aid agencies working on peace-building, development, and humanitarian assistance in South Sudan. It highlights ten priority areas for action that, in the view of NGOs operating in South Sudan and based on lessons learnt during the CPA interim period, should have been prioritised by donors in the first years after independence of South Sudan for the people of South Sudan. Download  

This article offers a qualitative approach that gives central attention to the dynamics of peace organisations and the way conflict is experienced in the everyday life of local people. It analyses the case of one local women’s peace organisation: the ‘Sudanese Women’s Voice for Peace’. Link to publication  

This report looks into the opportunities and constraints of local initiatives for peace and their contribution to the resolution of conflict at the local level, with a particular focus on women initiatives. Secondly, it seeks to explore in what ways outsiders could provide meaningful contributions to such initiatives. The research focuses on the case of local initiatives for peace in southern Sudan, and in particular on the Sudanese Women’s Voice for Peace, a Sudanese NGO.

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