The objective of this call is to identify two national NGOs/CSOs with operational presence and capacities and working in the selected locations in Juba and Bentiu, to empower 100 survivors of CRSV with sustainable economic opportunities, financial literacy, and improved access to justice and legal support. Additionally, the consultancy will develop strategies to reduce stigma and foster positive community attitudes toward survivors to promote their dignity, agency, and social reintegration.
This initiative recognizes the urgent need to address the multifaceted challenges faced by survivors of CRSV in South Sudan, particularly in conflict-affected areas such as Unity State and Central Equatoria. Survivors often endure severe social stigma, family rejection, disrupted livelihoods, chronic poverty, and limited access to justice, healthcare, and psychosocial services. Internally displaced persons (IDP) settlements in Bentiu and Juba represent critical areas of intervention, as survivors in these locations are coping simultaneously with the trauma of violence and the vulnerabilities of displacement. They often experience marginalization and exclusion from community and economic life, leaving them highly dependent on humanitarian assistance and exposed to exploitation or negative coping mechanisms.
To address these challenges, UNDP, through its Gender Mainstreaming and Women’s Empowerment Project, in collaboration with the Access to Justice, Human Rights and Rule of Law Project and the Peace and Community Cohesion Project, is implementing a holistic, survivor-centered response. In line with the Government of South Sudan’s priorities, the project will be implemented in close partnership with the Ministry of Gender, Child and Social Welfare (MoGCSW). Technical support will also be sought from UNFPA and UNMISS to ensure comprehensive, rights-based, and aligned interventions.
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