Abstract: This research paper has been written to look at challenges that women face during armed conflict resolution, the understanding of women’s role in conflict resolution as well as giving true life events that women have faced during the conflict. This paper analyses why women’s participation in conflict resolution is crucial particularly in South Sudan. South Sudan as one of the youngest nations in the world and is experiencing a period of civil war where the level of women’s participation in conflict resolution has been very low in past years. The Agreement on the Resolution of Conflict in the Republic of South Sudan (ARCISS) offers an opportunity for women’s participation in peace processes and peacebuilding efforts. Women are essential social needs and actors, who take positions and are seen and perceived to participate in conflicts, however they intentionally play the role on the foundation of strategies hence goals and should not be looked upon seen as victims of circumstance or regional wars that occur within a region, Women always remain very hopeless and vulnerable in times of war and conflict situations, at the same time they remain a fundamental pillar in building peace and are viewed as the antidote to attain peace. In what ways do Women contribute in peace building and conflict resolution? The organizations involved in women conflict resolutions. The challenges involve how women do suffer and during the resolution there are certain responsibilities that women per take politically and economically to improve the conflict.
Keywords: Women, Conflict Resolution, Armed Conflict, Challenges.
Title: CHALLENGES FACED BY WOMEN IN A ARMED CONFLICT RESOLUTION - A STUDY OF WOMEN IN SOUTH SUDAN
Author: Siangole I, Munywoki F, Mutui E, Ngeno W
International Journal of Social Science and Humanities Research
ISSN 2348-3156 (Print), ISSN 2348-3164 (online)
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