South Sudan PROMO Spotlight September 2024

With the support of the protection cluster state-level coordination structures, this month the PROMO Spotlight highlights the emerging protection risks of Family Separation and Sexual Violence while focuses on the achievements of Mine Action across the country.

Additionally, in this month's edition you will find: 

- PROMO achievements and the evolution of Protection Risk Monitoring System tools in South Sudan

- Protection Cluster and AoRs Capacity Building initiatives

- Major Global Protection Updates shaping our work

- Major Protection Incidents in the month of September

In order to mitigate root causes and effectively contribute to the reduction of the above protection risks and incidents, the PROMO recommends:

• More inter-sectoral approaches with humanitarian and development actors are required to address, in a collaborative way, the prioritized removal of risks (clearance of contaminated areas) and rehabilitation of high-impact livelihood and essential services areas.
• Diversification and higher investments in long-term reliability of food sources in cattle-dependent areas such as Warrap State would mitigate negative coping mechanisms such as cattle raiding thus bringing a higher level of security to the area.
• Government and Peace actors should intensify their efforts in mitigating extra-judicial killings and cultural and political frameworks that enable impunity.
•  Humanitarian actors should increase their support to civilian victims of clashes in Warrap State as well as across the country, and advocate for alternative programs that would engage youth towards positive coping mechanisms. 
• Strong advocacy with gold mining companies, the government and local communities is urgently required to ensure the safety standards of women and men working in the industry, as well as safeguard the non-occurrence of hazardous child labour and exploitation. At the same time, GBV risk mitigation and reporting pathways need to be established including strong engagement of the authorities to ensure safety. 
• Improve infrastructure such as water and health facilities in Kapoeta South - but also across the country, and above all education systems that could potentially allow younger generations break the cycle and escape from the (exploitative) work in the mines.