BRISS is dedicated to advancing women’s rights and women’s political participation (WPP) in South Sudan through evidence-based advocacy, capacity building, and inclusive governance initiatives. Our core programming focuses on women’s political participation, gender justice, democratic engagement, and peace-building, with particular emphasis on transforming social norms that hinder women’s leadership.

Key strategies and activities include: holding parliamentary and integrational dialogues on women political participation, support civic and democratic engagement on democratically electoral process, training women leaders on legislative and policy making; forming and building women coalitions, supporting women alliances and young women forums. BRISS’ work on women’ leadership and women political participation help in achieving demonstrable transformation in social norms and cultural attitudes towards women’s political leadership at all level, creating an enabling environment for women’s participation in decision-making.