Displaced women in South Sudan face severe mental health and psychosocial support (MHPSS) challenges, driven by chronic conflict, gender-based violence (GBV), extreme poverty, and family separation, leading to high rates of PTSD and depression. Cultural stigma, limited specialized services, and reliance on overstretched community networks hinder access to care.

Response Plan

Our response will focus on establishing safe, women-only spaces and peer support groups to provide protection and psychosocial education and counselling support to reduce stigma, organizing groups that allow women to discuss common issues, such as trauma, loss, and the challenges of displacement, reducing stigma and fostering solidarity, storytelling, singing, and drama to address trauma, and raise awareness about Sexual and Gender-Based Violence, sports and Play-Based Activities to help women and girls regain confidence, heal from trauma, and foster social cohesion and Integrating mental health support with general health services to make it less stigmatizing and more accessible to women and girls.