GEPA through funds from Urgent Action Fund-Africa implemented a peace building and women rights advocacy project entrenching on the affirmative action adherence by the signatory parties to the revitalized agreement on the resolution of conflict in South Sudan, R-ARCSS.

42 women from SPLM,SPLM-IO,FDs, SSOA, UMBRELLA and Other Political Parties-OPP participated in a workshop aimed at enlightening them on how best they could advocate for the 35% women representation in the executive as stipulated in the revitalized agreement and from this session a gender disparity status and national call for affirmative action whitepaper report was developed; an advocacy tool to be used by the women as well as a resolution was arrived at by the women from across political divide for the formation of national coalition of women league.