Juba, South Sudan
January 31, 2022—South Sudan’s Minister of Defense and Veteran affairs has called on partners supporting women advocacy programs in South Sudan to cooperate with the Ministry of Gender, Child and Social Welfare.
Hon. Angelina Teny says this will enable government and partners to channel resources to where there is dire need.
She acknowledged that there are a lot of resources coming into the country but prioritizing areas of need has been a challenge due to lack of coordination between government and partners.
Speaking during the launch of Women leadership and advocacy initiative, Angelina Teny expresses her worries about lack of cooperation between the government and partners funding programs that empower women.
“It is important that the Ministry of Gender is really aware of all the resources that are coming into the country being put to supporting women empowerment, not for the purposes of control but for the purposes of channeling the priority, where there are needs and where there are no needs,” Angelina said.
According to Minister Angelina, It will also help the government to know exactly how much is coming in, how it is spent and that will help them recognize and appreciates partners for their tireless efforts to help.
“We have a lot of resources that let us work together through the Ministry of Gender, maybe by creating a forum where we all put what we are doing there”, she added.
Mrs. Teny made the call on Wednesday during the launch of women leadership and advocacy initiative under the theme ‘Arise Women’.
The launch was organized by Women Rise Organization together with Center for Inclusive Governance Peace and Justice.
The forum brought together 60 participants, mostly women in leadership.
