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NDI: Women’s Coalition Calls for More Inclusive Constitution

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NDI: Women’s Coalition Calls for More Inclusive Constitution

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When South Sudan became the world’s newest country on July 9, it joined the community of nations with a new constitution adopted by the Southern Sudan Legislative Assembly in an eight-hour session on July 6. Now it must work to develop a permanent constitution, and many citizens and civic groups are eager to lend a hand.

One such organization is the Southern Sudan Women’s Constitutional Coalition (SSWCC), which grew out of a gathering of Sudanese women leaders who were brought together in May by NDI and the Institute for Inclusive Security. They convened to review and weigh in on the transitional constitution as it awaited approval from the Legislative Assembly. While the review timeline was only the matter of a couple months, various civic groups -- including NDI partner the Sudanese Network for Democratic Elections -- voiced concerns about the transitional constitution that will likely factor into the drafting process for a permanent constitution, which is expected to take four years.

Read more at NDI, published 19 June

When South Sudan became the world’s newest country on July 9, it joined the community of nations with a new constitution adopted by the Southern Sudan Legislative Assembly in an eight-hour session on July 6. Now it must work to develop a permanent constitution, and many citizens and civic groups are eager to lend a hand.

One such organization is the Southern Sudan Women’s Constitutional Coalition (SSWCC), which grew out of a gathering of Sudanese women leaders who were brought together in May by NDI and the Institute for Inclusive Security. They convened to review and weigh in on the transitional constitution as it awaited approval from the Legislative Assembly. While the review timeline was only the matter of a couple months, various civic groups -- including NDI partner the Sudanese Network for Democratic Elections -- voiced concerns about the transitional constitution that will likely factor into the drafting process for a permanent constitution, which is expected to take four years.

Read more at NDI, published 19 June