Baseline study on the status of women in the New Sudan : report for Mundri and Yei Counties, Western Equatoria, Southern Sudan

Corresponding with this shift in demographics, more households in South Sudan are headed by women. In addition to their traditional roles as mothers and homemakers, women are now required to be the main breadwinners and providers of security. Despite, or rather due to, these increased responsibilities women are at risk of becoming further marginalized in post-conflict South Sudan. This baseline study of the status of women in Yei and Mundri counties provides a critical look at the realities of women"s lives, including women"s education levels, economic earning potentials, available health services, current legal status of women under both customary and statutory laws, and the impact of development strategies and policies on the rights of women in South Sudan. This study was conducted by the Women and Natural Resources Working Group, one of the six working groups of USAID"s Strategic Analysis Capacity Building (SACB) in Agriculture and Natural Resources which is implemented by USDA/University of Missouri. (University of Missouri website abstract)