14/08/2026
📢 PROMOTING LOCALIZED GENDER ACCOUNTABILITY TO ADDRESS INEQUALITY AND GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE IN HUMANITARIAN ACTION
With funding from UN Women and German Humanitarian Assistance,HelpEducation South Sudan (HESS), working in a consortium led by T**i Foundation, conducted a two-day workshop from 10–11 August 2026 to strengthen the meaningful inclusion of Women-Led Organizations (WLOs) in inter-agency and inter-cluster humanitarian assessment and planning processes.
The workshop responded to the continued underrepresentation of WLOs in humanitarian coordination structures. This is often caused by limited access to coordination platforms, inadequate institutional recognition, technical-capacity gaps and logistical challenges. As a result, humanitarian assessments may overlook critical protection concerns affecting women and girls.
Twenty leaders from Women-Led Organizations participated, including executive directors, heads of programmes, programme coordinators and project officers working in child protection, gender and inclusion, food security and livelihoods, and education.
Representatives from different humanitarian clusters facilitated sessions on cluster functions, mandates, operations, membership procedures and registration requirements. These sessions equipped participants with practical information to support their active participation in humanitarian coordination, assessment and planning processes.
Reflecting on the workshop, Alinda Brenda, a representative of a Women-Led Organization, thanked HESS, UN Women and T**i Foundation for bringing WLOs together to learn about opportunities for engagement with humanitarian clusters. She emphasized that inclusion could enable WLOs to access funding, build partnerships and contribute more meaningfully to humanitarian response activities.
In her closing remarks, Lucy Achiro, Chairperson of Women-Led Organizations in South Sudan, appreciated the participants and partners for their valuable contributions. She noted that many WLOs remain insufficiently represented in humanitarian clusters and highlighted barriers such as transportation costs, which can prevent organizations from attending coordination meetings.
HESS remains committed to advancing locally led humanitarian action and ensuring that Women-Led Organizations have the knowledge, opportunities and space to influence decisions affecting women, girls and their communities.
Together, we can build a more inclusive, accountable and gender-responsive humanitarian system.
Read More: https://helpeducationssd.org/a-seat-at-the-table-promoting-localized-gender-accountability-in-humanitarian-action/
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