Protection, Gender and Inclusion

People who are marginalized and vulnerable are included, protected, empowered, and actively engaged in their communities. SSRC affirms its commitment to the Minimum Protection Approach as exposure to threats such as SGBV, child abuse, Sexual Exploitation and Abuse (SEA), and intercommunal violence. SSRC will continue being a leading actor in Psychosocial Support (PSS) and Sexual, and Gender-Based Violence (SGBV) prevention in South Sudan, and these will remain key priority areas for the National Society during this strategic period.

The Department provides psychosocial well-being, enhanced capacity to change attitudes, behaviours and reduce Sexual Gender Based Violence (SGBV) in the communities. It also reunites separated family members. Psychosocial Support.

• Affected communities have access to quality psychosocial support and SGBV services.

• Affected communities achieve sustainable personal and inter-personal well-being and capacity.

• Sexual and Gender Based Violence

• Improved knowledge, attitudes, and practice on SGBV identification, prevention and response among SSRC Staff, volunteers, community members and service providers (health & psychosocial).

• Improved access to SGBV and reproductive health services.

• Strengthen the capacity of SSRC staff and volunteers to provide psychosocial and SGBV services and improve their wellbeing.

• Restoring family links: aims at reuniting family members separated from the loved ones without news due to armed conflict, natural and manmade disaster. SSRC volunteers search for the whereabouts of the missing relatives to restore and maintain the family links.