How We Work
Feminism as Practice
Ma’Mara Sakit Village does not organize around projects in isolation. We work through feminist practices that are intentionally designed to reinforce one another politically, culturally, economically, and emotionally.
Narrative and Voice
We create platforms where South Sudanese women speak for themselves through hosted conversations, dialogues, writing, visual storytelling, and facilitated discussions, positioning them as thinkers shaping how gender, power, and justice are understood.
Community and Consciousness
Feminism is not assumed knowledge in the Village; it is encountered, questioned, and practiced collectively. Through sustained community spaces, particularly for girls, young women, and grassroots women leaders, we facilitate processes in which women develop language to name patriarchy and other interconnected systems, reflect on their lives within them, and imagine collective responses.
Culture, Labor, and Economic Autonomy
The Village treats culture as living labor. Through women-led cultural production, particularly bead-making and artisanal work, women generate income, preserve intergenerational knowledge, and assert ownership over practices that are often undervalued or erased. Economic autonomy is foundational to feminist agency.
Knowledge Production
Research in Ma’Mara Sakit Village begins on the premise that South Sudanese women are experts in their own realities. We engage in feminist research and documentation that center lived experience and feed directly into community organizing and public discourse.
Healing Justice
Healing justice is a distinct and foundational practice within Ma’Mara Sakit Village. It exists because South Sudanese women have carried the emotional, social, spiritual, and economic burdens of prolonged conflict, displacement, and patriarchy, often without space to pause, process, or be held.