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11:30am - 01:30pm South Sudan time
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The South Sudan Hub was the third to be established on the Safeguarding Resource and Support Hub (RSH) after Ethiopia and Nigeria respectively. The hub learnt a lot from the already established hubs but also had to have its first attempts at certain things given the different contexts. To achieve RSH’s overall objectives, the hub conducted a number of activities, including trainings, 2 mentorship schemes, development and contextualisation of free available and accessible resources, research and engaging with stakeholders.

This webinar explored the journey which the South Sudan Hub took, recognised and appreciated its most significant achievements and also reflected on the lessons learnt. As such, the webinar had reflections from the hub and stories of impact from beneficiaries.

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Panellists:

  • Rita Lopidia – RSH South Sudan's Strategic Advisor and Executive Director of Eve Organisation for Women Development

Photo of Rita LopidiaRita Lopidia is a Co-founder and Executive Director of Eve Organization for Women Development, South Sudan and Uganda. She has more than 10 years’ experience in gender, women, peace and security in Sudan and South Sudan. A vocal human rights and peace activist, she organised women activists to demand for women and civil society participation in the IGAD-led South Sudan Peace talks in Addis Ababa (2014-2015 and 2017-2018). She was a delegate in both processes and a signatory to the Revitalised Agreement on the Resolution for the conflict in South Sudan (2018).

She has extensively worked with internally displaced persons in South Sudan and with South Sudanese refugees in Uganda. She has addressed the United Nation Security Council on several occasions about women, peace and security in South Sudan. She is a recipient of the CELD Global Women Leadership Award in 2017, the inaugural “Distinguished Partners for Women, Peace and Security Award” for 2019 and the USIP inaugural women building peace award. She is the Senior Advisor in the RSH South Sudan Hub. A Rotary Peace Fellow, she holds a Masters’ Degree in International Politics and Security Studies from the University of Bradford

  • Emmanuel Bida Silvas Gaitano – RSH Mentor

Photo of Emmanuel BidaEmmanuel Bida Silvas Gaitano is a professional counsellor and mentor with over 3 years' training in counselling psychology. Having worked as psychologist at Juba Teaching Hospital and counsellor at Humanity & Inclusion, he has gained the skills needed to form rapport easily, something that has ensured his success in mentoring.

With the passion and enthusiasm to work with organisations, RSH has helped him channel his skills to mentoring organisations in the area of safeguarding because of his commitment, hard work and openness to always learn. He is now a RSH National Expert and an RSH Mentor for safeguarding.

He spends his time offering counselling and psychological support service to traumatised groups within his community. He is the founder of Healthy Minds Hub – South Sudan.

  • Gasper Amule Wani – RSH Partner

Photo of Gasper AmuleGasper Amule Wani is a South Sudanese licensed advocate and legal consultant. He is a senior researcher with extensive experience in legal research, surveys, training, policy, legal analysis and development of organisational operating policies and procedures.

He has extensive experience in conducting research on safeguarding, designing safeguarding policies and training non-governmental organisation (NGO) staff and community members on safeguarding in South Sudan.

  • Farouk Ismail Ukach – former Member of RSH South Sudan's National Expert Board and friend of RSH

Photo of Farouk Ismail Ukach

Farouk Ismail Ukach is a South Sudanese licensed advocate and legal consultant. He has wide experience in training, policy and legal analysis and development of organisational operating policies and procedures. He also has experience in designing safeguarding policies and training NGO staff and community members on safeguarding in South Sudan.

He currently works for South Sudan Law Society as Programmes Coordinator and has been an active Member of RSH South Sudan's National Expert Board since 2021.

  • Wagutu Grace Atieno  Head of Programmes at Girl Child Africa Foundation (GCAF), an organisation mentored by RSH

Photo of Wagutu Grace AtienoWagutu Grace Atieno is a consultant on skills development and capacity strengthening. She has vast knowledge in information technology, business information systems, project management, women peace and security and gender equality through inclusive design. She has more than 10 years of experience in both humanitarian and education sector. She is currently the Head of Programmes at GCAF.

  • Nastasya Gecim – RSH Partnerships Lead

Photo of Nastasya GecimNastasya Gecim is the RSH Partnerships Lead and former RSH Deputy Team Leader where her role covered communications, stakeholder engagement and programmatic and technical delivery.

Driven by her commitment to equality and social justice, she has been working in the international development and social impact space since 2016. She has worked on long-term, multi-country programmes focusing on education, gender equality, inclusion and safeguarding. She strongly feels that safeguarding should be at the heart of all sector initiatives.

Chair:

  • Caroline Kibos – National Representative, RSH South Sudan

Photo of Caroline Kibos Caroline Kibos is a lawyer with a passion for human rights, peace building, governance, transitional justice and security sector reforms. She supported local level peace initiatives in South Sudan and refugee camps in Uganda and Ethiopia. She also actively supported civil society during the High Level Revitalization Forum (HLRF) in Addis and continues to participate in different policy fora that play great roles on shaping public policies.

She is a co-coordinator of the South Sudan Civil Society Forum, a member to both the Women Coalition and Youth Coalition and the representative of the youth to the Reconstituted Joint Monitoring and Evaluation Commission (RJMEC). She strongly supports women and youth participation and inclusion in all other processes. She is committed to women empowerment and emancipation from all barriers including cultural and societal barriers that hinder full participation of women in public life. 

She currently works as the National Representative for RSH South Sudan.

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