A comprehensive "South Sudan Context Analysis and Conflict Sensitivity Report" for 2025 would cover a deteriorating security situation marked by renewed clashes between rival leaders, a stalled peace process, and a worsening humanitarian crisis exacerbated by climate change. Key factors include the breakdown of trust between political parties, the suspension of a first vice president, and a rise in displacement. Conflict sensitivity efforts are focusing on integrating climate and conflict analysis, strengthening local organizations, and advocating for mental health and psychosocial support, despite the overall volatile environment.
The Anchor Items for the Measurement of Early Childhood Development (AIM-ECD) are designed to help countries in diverse settings assess and improve early childhood. AIM-ECD includes two free tools of early childhood development that measure early literacy, early numeracy, executive functioning, and social-emotional development of children between the ages of 4 and 6: Caregiver Report (CR) Child Direct Assessment (DA). Along with the Teach ECE resources to measure the quality of early childhood education (ECE), AIM-ECD is part of the global efforts in Early Childhood Development.
The Positive Masculinities and Gender Equality Study by UNFPA refers to UNFPA’s work through the International Men and Gender Equality Survey (IMAGES), which explores how men’s attitudes, practices and roles shape gender equality. IMAGES is a large-scale mixed-methods study (quantitative + qualitative) covering many countries, and examines issues including gender-based violence, caregiving and fatherhood, health behaviours, reproductive rights, as well as norms around power, work and family. Its findings highlight both areas of change and resistance in norms of masculinity, and are used to inform gender-equality programming and policy by locating men not merely as potential perpetrators but as stakeholders in gender justice.
The "Hybrid Solar Power Generation Project, South Sudan (Simson Center, USA)" refers to the Stimson Center's initiative to promote renewable energy in South Sudan, which has been a key focus for the Center. A prominent example of this is a hybrid solar project installed at the United Nations House compound in Juba, completed in 2020, that uses both solar panels and a diesel generator. The project aligns with the larger goal of leveraging renewable energy to build sustainable peace and resilience in South Sudan by reducing dependence on expensive and volatile fossil fuels.
The Climate-Informed, Trauma-Informed Peacebuilding Training Manual by UN Women is a comprehensive guide designed to build community resilience and promote sustainable peace in conflict- and climate-affected regions such as South Sudan. It integrates climate awareness, trauma healing, and gender- and age-sensitive approaches into peacebuilding practice, ensuring that interventions address both environmental stressors and the psychosocial impacts of conflict. Developed under the “Gender and Climate Security” initiative, the manual equips facilitators and community trainers with tools, participatory exercises, and context-specific modules to strengthen local capacity for conflict resolution, adaptation to climate shocks, and inclusive recovery, fostering long-term stability and social cohesion.
