Project profile — Women Peace and Security Expert - UN Women South Sudan Country Office

This project supports the Civilian Deployments Platform, which provides Canadian experts to organizations to support increased peace, security, and stability for people, particularly women and girls, in fragile and conflict-affected states. This project deployed a Canadian expert to the UN Women South Sudan Country Office. Project activities include: (1) Supporting initiatives implemented to increase and strengthen coordination of the Women, Peace and Security ecosystem in South Sudan; (2) Providing technical assistance on Women, Peace and Security; and (3) Supporting initiatives to support and increase the capacity of staff working at UN Women South Sudan Country Office.

The expected outcomes for this project include: (1) Enhanced capacity of change agents in fragile and conflict-affected areas where the Peace and Stabilization Operations Program engages to address the root causes of violent conflict and fragility in an inclusive and gender-responsive manner; and (2) Improved capacity of international actors to promote inclusive and gender-responsive peace, security and stability in the world.

Results achieved as of the end of the project (December 2023) include: (1) Enhanced capacity of multilateral actors to promote inclusive and gender-responsive peace, security, and stability in the world via the coordination of the Women, Peace and Security Working Group and technical working group as well as cultivating relations with donors and UN agencies; (2) Enhanced capacity, coordination, and visibility of change agents in South Sudan by organizing events such as International Women’s Day and International Day for the Elimination of Sexual Violence in Conflict; and (4) Increased capacity of security actors to provide security to citizens and prevent the spread of transnational threats through security system reform and other capacity-building efforts in an inclusive and gender-responsive manner in South Sudan; and (4) Increased office capacity and provided ad hoc support where required.