‘Women are the people who suffer most in every community. We have a significant number of widows after they lost their husbands in the war. Others have their husbands away in the cattle camps. This leaves the women to take care of the children solely. Even where the husbands are present, women are the major breadwinners’, explains the secretary for the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement (KII 002). This quote highlights not only the vulnerability marginalization and burdens faced by women in South Sudan but also their resilience and ability to serve as key leaders for their families and communities in the face of incredibly difficult situations. South Sudan’s population – and in particular, South Sudanese women – are experiencing floods, displacement, conflict and the lasting impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic, all in a country with a nascent health system and deeply vulnerable to the consequences of climate change.