Essays, Research, Public Talks & Collaborations
Research & Policy Contributions
Gender-Based Violence Prevention and Response Roadmap — USAID
Women and Girls in the Informal Economy in South Sudan — Ma’Mara Sakit Village
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/
Building Feminist Peace in South Sudan — Girls’ Globe
https://www.girlsglobe.org/2025/12/10/aluel-atem-building-feminist-peace-in-south-sudan/
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
Building Feminist Peace – Girls Globe
https://open.spotify.com/episode/42Ax3Sgec9ghg3EttGcHb5
Panel discussion — Bride price, gender, and conflict in South Sudan
Kon Museum (Denmark)
Feminism and Patriarchy in the South Sudanese Society (#20)- KuirthiyTV
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Zd6aLZvTUQ
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
C-SPAN appearance
https://www.c-span.org/person/aluel-atem/124222/
South Sudan’s Aluel Atem on her Transformative Experience with the Dalai Lama
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yGhCpUXBK3A
Presentation on storytelling and epistemic justice — University of Kansas
Advocacy engagement — ICPD agenda discussion
Geneva Peace Week speaker program
https://www.genevapeaceweek.ch/media/55/download/GPW19Programme.pdf?v=1
Interviews & Media Features
Human rights advocacy engagement — DefendDefenders
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/
Feature interview — RTBF
Profile feature — The New Humanitarian
Profile — Pa’anLuel Wël
Early feature — Crown the Woman
Commentary referenced in international coverage — The Globe Post
https://theglobepost.com/2018/11/23/south-sudan-bride-auctions/