Betty Ogwaro

Betty Ogwaro served as Director of Animal Production for the Government of Southern Sudan until 1995 when she went into exile in the United Kingdom.^[1] She was the chairperson for the Sudanese People Liberation Movement (SPLM) chapter office in the Midlands from 1999 to 2005,^[1] and is one of the women leaders who successfully negotiated the inclusion of 25% minimum women representation at all levels of governance as part of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement.^[2] Ogwaro is a founder of "Windows for Sudan", an NGO which seeks to promote the participation of Sudanese women in development and elevate their status in society.^[3] She has also consulted for UNIFEM on women's issues.^[4]

is a member of the mediation team negotiating peace settlement between the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) and the government of Uganda,^[5] and the first Sudanese woman to challenge Joseph Kony, the LRA's top leader, face-to-face for the group's atrocities in the Sudan and their lack of commitment to the peace process.^[2] In 2007, Ogwaro served as president of the Southern Sudanese Women's Parliamentarian League, which advances the participation of Sudanese women leaders in politics and decision making.^[1] She was also the chair of the Southern Sudanese Women Caucus, where influential women's organizations work to respond to the needs of Sudanese communities.^[1] She was a member of several committees, including specialized committee for Gender, Social Welfare, Youth and Sports.^[1] She combines her parliamentarian work with promoting women in agriculture.^[3]

In 2007 Salva Kiir Mayardit appointed her State Minister for Agriculture, Animal Resources, Forestry, Cooperative and Rural Development in Eastern Equatoria State.^[6] progressing to become the Government of The Republic of South Sudan National Minister for Agriculture and Forestry in 2011.^[7]

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