The Role of South Sudanese Women in Politics and Its Impact On the Local Women in South Sudan a Case Study: Juba South Sudan

TABLE OF CONTENTS

DECLARATION ............................................................................................................................. !

APPROVAL ................................................................................................................................... ii

DEDICATION ............................................................................................................................... iii

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ........................................................................................................... iv

LIST OF TABLES ......................................................................................................................... ix

ABBREVIATIONS ......................................................................................................................... x

ABSTRACT .................................................................................................................................. xi

CHAPTER ONE .............................................................................................................................. !

1.0 INTRODUCTION ..................................................................................................................... !

1.1 Back ground ............................................................................................................................... I

1.2 Statement of the problem ........................................................................................................... 2

1.3 Objectives .................................................................................................................................. 3

1.3.1 The general objective .............................................................................................................. 3

1.3.2 Specific objectives ................................................................................................................... 3

1.3.3 Research questions ................................................................................................................. 3

1.4 Scope of the study ..................................................................................................................... .4

1.4.1 Content scope .......................................................................................................................... 4

1.4.2 Geographical scope ................................................................................................................ 4

1.4.3 Time scope .............................................................................................................................. 4

1.5 Significance of the study ......................................................................................................... 5

CHAPTER TWO ............................................................................................................................. 7

LITERATURE REVIEW ................................................................................................................ 7

2.0 Introduction ................................................................................................................................ 7

2.2 Women Communique to Govemment of Southem Sudan, 13th April2011, Juba ................... 9

2.3 South Sudanese women expectations of the government of South Sudan .............................. 11

2.4 Obstacles to women's political participation in South Sudan ................................................. 13

Cultural practices and Perceptions ................................................................................................. l3

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2.5 Opportunities and way forward ............................................................................................... 15

2.6 Conclusions .............................................................................................................................. 16

CHAPTER THREE ....................................................................................................................... 18

METHODOLOGY ........................................................................................................................ 18

3.0 Introduction .............................................................................................................................. 18

3.1 Research design ....................................................................................................................... 18

3.2 Area and population of study ................................................................................................... 18

3.3 Sample frame work .................................................................................................................. 19

3.3.1 SampleSize ................................................... ' ........................................................................ 19

3.3.2 Sampling techniques ............................................................................................................. 19

3.3.3 Sample procedure ................................................................................................................. 19

3.4 Methods of data collection ....................................................................................................... 20

3.4.1 Instruments ........................................................................................................................... 20

3.4.2 Sources of data ..................................................................................................................... 20

3.5 Data Processing ..................................................................................................................... 21

3.6 Data analysis ............................................................................................................................ 21

3. 7 Ethical procedures ................................................................................................................... 21

3.8 Limitations ............................................................................................................................... 21

CHAPTER FOUR ......................................................................................................................... 22

PRESENTATION, ANALYSIS AND DISCUSSION OF FINDINGS ........................................ 22

4.0 Introduction .............................................................................................................................. 22

4.1 General/ Bio Data .................................................................................................................... 22

4.1.1: Sex ....................................................................................................................................... 22

4.1.2 Level ofEducation ................................................................................................................ 23

4.1.3: Number of years the respondents have been in service ....................................................... 23

4.1.4: Definition ofpolitics ............................................................................................................ 24

4.2: Influence of women in politics in South Sudan ...................................................................... 24

4.3: Level of freedom women exercise in South Sudan ................................................................ 25

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4.3: How much the govenunent of South Sudan has committed to support feminine

movements .................................................................................................... 25

4.4: The level of unity that local Sudanese women have manifested in channeling a collective

voice in as far as their gender equality with men in the country is concerned ............................. .26

4.5: Opinion on what can be done to help strengthen women to believe in themselves and also

become like other women in the world .......................................................................................... 26

4.6: The challenges that the South Sudanese women face in their own country in channeling their

own feminine agenda ..................................................................................................................... 27

4. 7: What must be done to alleviate these challenges and insulate women from having their rights

down trodden? .............................................. : ................................................................................ 28

4.8: showing the number of key positions that women leaders hold in the government of South

Sudan ............................................................................................................................................. 28

4.9: Level of influence of women's leaders in representing their fellow local women ................. 29

CHAPTER FIVE .......................................................................................................................... .30

SUMMARY OF THE MAJOR FINDINGS, RECOMMENDATIONS AND CONCLUSIONS 30

5.0 Introduction .............................................................................................................................. 30

5.1 Summary of findings ............................................................................................................... 30

5.2 Recommendations .................................................................................................................... 31

5.2.1 Recommendations to the government .................................................................................. 31

5.2.2 Recommendations to the civil society organizations ........................................................... .32

5.2.3 Recmmnendations to the women .......................................................................................... 32

5.2.4 Recommendations to the local community ........................................................................... 33

5.2.5 Recommendations to the international community ............................................................. .33

5.2.6 General recommendations ................................................................................................... .34

5.2.7 Areas for future research ...................................................................................................... 34

5.3 Conclusions .............................................................................................................................. 35

REFERENCES .............................................................................................................................. 36

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APPENDICES ............................................................................................................................... 37

APPENDIX I ................................................................................................................................. 37

QUESTIONNAIRE FOR POLITICIANS ..................................................................................... 37

APPENDIX II ................................................................................................................................ 41

QUESTIONNAIRE FOR NON GOVERNMENTAL ORGANISATIONS ................................ .41

APPEND IX III.. ............................................................................................................................ .45

QUESTIONNAIRE FOR LOCAL COMMUNITIES .................................................................. .45

APENDIX IV ................................................................................................................................ .49

QUESTIONNAIRE FOR CIVIL SERVANT ............................................................................... 49

APENDIX V ......................................... ' ...... , ................................................................................. 53

INTERVIEW GUIDE .................................................................................................................... 53

APEDNDIX VI .............................................................................................................................. 54

THE MAP OF SOUTH SUDAN SHOWING THE STUDY AEREA ......................................... 54

APEDNDIX VII ........................................................................................................................... ,56

LETTER OF INTRODUCTION .......................................................................................... : ...... 546  

ABSTRACT This study looked at the role of Sudanese Women in politics and its impact on the local women. The purpose of the study was to critically assess the role of Southern Sudanese women and how their roles have impacted on the local women. The objective of the stt1dy included; To investigate the role South Sudanese women play in the countly' s political arena and how this affects the ordinary in the country. To find out the power percentage or, allocation between men and women in the count1y in relation to the CPA terms and the constitution of the Republic of South Sudan. To examine the level of cooperation between the South Sudanese women. That is, between the women leaders and the local women in the country in fostering a collective voice. To find out the level of partnership between the local women and the other women outside the countly (in the world I other countries) in promoting feminine voices within and without. This research report was diagonally conducted cutting across all sexes, the researcher used 50 respondents who were selected using simple random sampling and purposive sampling respectively, the research instmments were Questiom1aire and Interview distributed to various respondents of this stt1dy. Both primary and secondary sources enriched this study. Data analysis was done both qualitatively and quantitatively To sum up all, the researcher found out that, most of the respondents were mainly women can·ying 60% and the males carrying 40% of which they were civil servants in the government and had attain ordinary level education mostly with certificates. Respondents gave different views of the definition of politics but the most profound included: Administrative control of the country, Way of handling people in a country, Leadership of the countly, A1t of governing a country. It was also found out that most of the public servants were new not more than 5 years. The role of women is very important however, much is still lacking on the side of the government to ensure that all women are able to participate. In addition the women positions are still ve1y few which lowers their participation in countly activities, added on challenges like rigid customs and cultures, Political instability, illiteracy, pove1ty tribalism and Husbands who became a problem to their wives. Where women leaders have tried to supp01t local colleagues, you find that the challenges are many thus affecting their performance. The challenges range from rigid traditions, poor men attitude, pove1ty, illiteracy, ignorance of own rights and lack of examples to emulate. The researcher recommended that raining programs should be initiated that target pastoralist women, either by providing sh01t courses during the months when the pastoralist communities are settled close to the villages or by employing mobile training units such that no tribe or group of people is left out during this period of revolution. In the conclusion the researcher suggested that that women are vital in development of a country, especially through politics and their involvement really affects the fellow local women in all aspects of life be it social, economic and political spheres'