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11 Dec 2018

SSPDF in Yei appeals for peace and an end to sexual violence

“If we don’t stand firm to end this war, we shall have no future. Young girls are being raped every day, yet grandmothers are not spared either. I do not know where we are heading as a nation.”

11 Dec 2018

'We are different tribes but one people,' say speakers at an UNMISS forum

“If I take blood from any of you and ask that you identify which one is Dinka, Shilluk, Murle or Nuer, that will be impossible. Dinkas, Shilluks, Murlers, and Nuer – all have the same blood that unites us as South Sudanese people,” said Dr Agot Aleir Leek, Deputy Governor of Jonglei State.

12 Dec 2018

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Yei celebrates Human Rights Day as avenue to new dawn for peace

It was a blast!

A harmless and joyous one, to boot.

Residents of Yei this week rose to the occasion to celebrate Human Rights Day en masse.

12 Dec 2018

UNMISS Quick Impact Projects improve the lives of communities across South Sudan

12 Dec 2018

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“Girls are not cows”: Discussing the rights of females in Cuei Chok

As people gathered to commemorate the International Human Rights Day at Cuei Chok Primary School, I came across a group of seven teenage girls aged between 13 and 16 years seated with a 13-year-old boy. Attempting to talk to them, only the boy responded.

13 Dec 2018

Yei celebrates Human Rights Day as avenue to new dawn for peace

It was a blast!

A harmless and joyous one, to boot.

Residents of Yei this week rose to the occasion to celebrate Human Rights Day en masse.

12 Dec 2018

'We are different tribes but one people,' say speakers at an UNMISS forum

12 Dec 2018

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Bentiu celebrates Human Rights Day against a backdrop of pain and gender-based violence

“Human Rights oiye… oiye, oiye!!!!, shouted William Kuichiang from South Sudan’s Human Rights Commission in Bentiu, as he rallied those attending a celebration of those very rights.

12 Dec 2018

UNMISS Quick Impact Projects improve the lives of communities across South Sudan

08 Dec 2018

Security Council Press Statement on Sexual Violence in South Sudan

03 Dec 2018

UNMISS condemns brutal sexual assaults on women and girls near Bentiu

Partner in Peace

The UNMISS Human Rights Division knows one must 'Lead by Example' and that leaders are the example. Speech and the written word can be a crippling and destructive weapon. A Kenyan expert brings a neighbors’ experienced voice into the fray of the South Sudan political forum to drive this reality home.

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Featured This Week

United Nations Universal Children's Day was established in 1954 and is celebrated to promote international togetherness, awareness among children worldwide, and improving children's welfare.

Take-a-look as the children of South Sudan command the airwaves of the UN Mission’s Radio Miraya and pour their hearts out onto paper in a drawing competition to promote their values and dreams and those of children world-wide in securing the future they desire.

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