Essays, Research, Public Talks & Collaborations

Research & Policy Contributions

Gender-Based Violence Prevention and Response Roadmap — USAID

https://banyanglobal.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/USAID-South-Sudan-Gender-based-Violence-Prevention-and-Response-Roadmap.pdf

Women and Girls in the Informal Economy in South Sudan — Ma’Mara Sakit Village

https://mamarasakitvillage.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Women-and-girls-in-the-informal-economy-in-South-Sudan_.pdf

Young Women in Political Institutions in South Sudan: Lessons from Lived Experiences Publication — Friedrich Ebert Stiftung

https://collections.fes.de/publikationen/content/titleinfo/450718

Research report — PAX / Civic engagement research

https://paxvoorvrede.nl/wp-content/uploads/import/import/ccnp-report-south-sudan-2020.pdf

Writing & Published Analysis

Women’s Rights in South Sudan: When Is the Right Time? — African Arguments

https://africanarguments.org/2023/06/womens-rights-in-south-sudan-when-is-the-right-time/

Author page — African Feminism

https://africanfeminism.com/author/aluel-atem/

Author page — Missing Perspectives

https://missingperspectives.com/posts/author/aluel-atem/

Inclusion of Women with Disabilities: Reflections from Ma’Mara Sakit Village — Andariya

https://andariya.com/post/inclusion-of-women-with-disabilities-ma-mara-sakit-village-reflections

Talks, Panels & Public Conversations

Feminism and Patriarchy in the South Sudanese Society (#20)- KuirthiyTV

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Zd6aLZvTUQ 

Panel discussion — Bride price, gender, and conflict in South Sudan

https://alhuriya.space/cultural-practices-undermining-rights-and-well-being-highlighted-in-panel-discussion-on-bride-price-gender-and-conflict-in-south-sudan/ 

Kon Museum (Denmark)

https://konmuseum.dk/kalender/feminist-talks-3-aluel-atem-i-samtale-med-emma-holten-om-afrikansk-feminisme/ 

Presentation on storytelling and epistemic justice — University of Kansas

https://news.ku.edu/news/article/likikiri-collectives-storytelling-epistemic-justice-south-sudan-presentation-will-reflect-education 

Breaking the Barriers of Entry for Women Leaders in Africa  

https://events-at-usip.castos.com/episodes/breaking-the-barriers-of-entry-for-women-leaders-in-africa

C-SPAN appearance

https://www.c-span.org/person/aluel-atem/124222/ 

Advocacy engagement — ICPD agenda discussion

https://esaro.unfpa.org/en/news/peace-agreement-lays-foundation-icpd-agenda-south-sudan-%E2%80%93-vice-president 

Geneva Peace Week speaker program

https://www.genevapeaceweek.ch/media/55/download/GPW19Programme.pdf?v=1 Feminist social enterprise & humanitarian dialogue
https://cnxus.org/resource/feminist-social-enterprise-humanitarian-recording/ 

Dalai Lama on peace, youth, and the Rohingya crisis | The Stream – Al Jazeera

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zZAoNenp72g 

South Sudan’s Aluel Atem on her Transformative Experience with the Dalai Lama

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yGhCpUXBK3A

Interviews & Media Features

Are dowries putting too much pressure on men and women in South Sudan? — BBC Africa

https://www.bbc.com/audio/play/p0j2wgzk

Building Feminist Peace in South Sudan* — Girls’ Globe

https://open.spotify.com/episode/42Ax3Sgec9ghg3EttGcHb5 

Model Leader of the Month: How to heal and make peace as a leader — Model Leader

https://modelleader.substack.com/p/model-leader-of-the-month-aluel-atem?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=2188508&post_id=153396343&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=3pu0u&triedRedirect=true

Human rights advocacy engagement — DefendDefenders

https://africandefenders.org/enhancing-human-rights-defenders-protection-defenddefenders-at-the-un-human-rights-council-2/

Human Rights Defender of the Month — DefendDefenders

https://defenddefenders.org/human-rights-defender-of-the-month-aluel-atem/

Eye Radio — Feminist activists advocate for anti-GBV legislation

https://www.eyeradio.org/why-women-activists-advocate-for-anti-gbv-legislation-in-south-sudan/

Eye Radio — Activists call for anti-GBV bill to reach parliament

https://www.eyeradio.org/feminist-group-asks-justice-ministry-to-take-anti-gbv-bill-to-parliament/

A teenage bride wed for a record price: the ‘marriage competition’ that divided a nation — The Guardian

https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2024/sep/27/south-sudan-juba-dinka-child-marriage-athiak-dau-riak-customs-brideprice

Feature interview — RTBF

https://www.rtbf.be/article/soudan-du-sud-aluel-et-eva-deux-jeunes-femmes-qui-s-opposent-a-la-societe-patriarcale-10640398

Profile feature — The New Humanitarian

https://www.thenewhumanitarian.org/news-feature/2018/12/12/no-easy-road-out-south-sudan-marks-half-decade-war
 

Profile — Pa’anLuel Wël

https://paanluelwel.com/2019/01/10/meet-ms-aluel-manyok-barach-a-proud-south-sudanese-feminist-and-social-activist/

Commentary referenced in international coverage — The Globe Post

https://theglobepost.com/2018/11/23/south-sudan-bride-auctions/

Early feature — Crown the Woman

https://blacknosuga.wordpress.com/2018/03/28/aluel-naomi-founded-crown-the-woman-to-secure-the-future-of-south-sudans-women-in-nation-building-and-development/