Research & reports

Since gaining its independence in 2011, South Sudan experienced renewed conflicts in 2013 and 2016 which have significantly undermined the development gains achieved post-independence and contributed to a worsened humanitarian situation. Gender relations…

Learn about CARE's activities in South Sudan, where a six-year conflict has displaced 4 million people from their homes.

English: Intersections of violence against women and girls with state-building and peace-building: Lessons from Nepal, Sierra Leone and South Sudan POLICY BRIEF “For me, addressing VAWG should be part of peace-building… it was not regarded as part of

This report found that while women and girls were often subject to sexual violence by armed actors, they also felt the impact of conflict in a number of other ways. Experiences of displacement, the breakdown of rule of law, increases in crime and the…

This brief highlights research aimed at filling substantial gaps in understanding of violence against women and girls (VAWG) in humanitarian settings.

We are facing the largest humanitarian crisis since World War II. If the world doesn’t act, the health and lives of millions of people in South Sudan, Somalia, Yemen, and Nigeria continue to be in danger.

More than two million people are facing severe food insecurity in South Sudan. Famine has been narrowly avoided in 2014. As the dry season begins, the brutal conflict that provoked this disaster is about to get worse.