A civil society activist called for gender mainstreaming to enable women participation in leadership decision making.
Secretary General for South Sudan Democratic Engagement, Monitoring and Observation Program Lorna Merekaje said women should have great influence on advocacy, Bakhita Radio reported.
She observed that there was need to include men in developing a strategy for mentoring young girls.
Ms Merekaje added that a database should be developed to achieve affirmative action.
Gender, Child and Social Welfare Inspector Ajak Kuol said the problem of gender mainstreaming was affecting women and men.
He said most legislators including women and men in the national parliament had not deliberated since election by their constituencies.
The inspector observed that other parliamentarians only register attendance to get allowances and walk away from sittings, calling for monitoring and evaluation of MPs.