Betty Achan Ogwaro is a Member of Parliament in the Government of South Sudan. She is deputy Chair of the Specialised Parliamentary Committee for Constituency Development Fund. She served on the Specialised Committee for Gender and Social Welfare (2005-2007). Ms. Ogwaro was a Minister of Agriculture in Eastern Equatoria State of the Sudan (2007-2010).  She is chairperson of the Southern Sudanese Women’s Parliamentarian Caucus which is advancing the participation of Sudanese women in politics and decision making.

She is also the Chairperson for Southern Sudanese Women Peace Forum, a network of several civil society organizations work on Peace initiatives. In 2006 she was appointed in the Mediation Team headed by Vice President of the Government of South Sudan, to negotiate a peaceful settlement between the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) and the Government of Uganda - the first woman to challenge the top leadership of LRA face to face of their atrocities and heartless killings.

She headed the office of the Sudanese People Liberation Movement (SPLM) in the West Midlands. She worked for a short time as a Consultant to UNIFEM on Women issues (2005).  Ms Ogwaro founded “Windows for Sudan” (1999) a non-governmental organization striving to advance the status of Sudanese women and promoting their participation in development.  

Ms. Ogwaro is a well known activist on women, peace, and environment.