UNMISS News

EASTERN EQUATORIA STATE - The words “sex education” have the potential to make some parents and biology teachers across the world shiver, blush, or both. Add a cultural context where mentioning contraceptive methods is more…

WARRAP STATE – “Since I was a child, I’ve wanted to become an engineer. Imagine how intriguing it would be to create things from scratch. Challenging your knowledge and inner creativity to come up with useful stuff, stuff…

JONGLEI - Rachel Adau Gieu is a fierce advocate for women’s rights in Jonglei, South Sudan. Her childhood was in no way a fairytale. She lost her father at an early age and says she owes a lot to her mother who brought up…

JUBA – In the lead up to today’s International Women’s Day, the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) ran a weeklong mobile awareness campaign in Juba, the capital city, with a single aim: To highlight the need for…

EASTERN EQUATORIA - Christine Lado Wani runs an unusual business in Torit, Eastern Equatoria: She sells construction material. “I know it's strange to see a woman selling wooden planks, bamboo and other sundry items,” she…

UNITY STATE – “Gone are the days when women could not participate in dialogue and negotiations,” says Marien Nyarek Gatjiek, female leader at the camp for internally displaced persons in Bentiu. Befitting her positive…

NORTHERN BAHR EL GHAZAL - Atong Malek runs a tailoring establishment in Aweil, Northern Bahr El Ghazal, where she designs clothes for both women and men. It hasn’t been easy for Atong to establish herself as a business owner…

UPPER NILE – Achol Jock Lul, believes that being an artist is her calling. This 27-year-old mother of three is a singer based in Malakal. But following her passion in conflict-torn South Sudan wasn’t easy. “When the war began…

UNITY – During her two-day field visit to Bentiu, Christine Fossen, Police Commissioner of the United Nations Mission in South Sudan, appealed to the people and the government of the country to promote accountability and rule…

WESTERN EQUATORIA – Christine Joseph Ngbazande, is a mother of three, an activist and leads a women’s development organization in Yambio, the capital of Western Equatoria state in South Sudan. “I lost my mother very early in…

LAKES – Sophia Piath Martin is a 27-year-old woman from South Sudan with an unusual profession—she is a plumber with the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS). Based in the UN Peacekeeping mission’s Field Office in…

UPPER NILE - On Saturday mornings, one particular place in Upper Nile State’s capital Malakal draws a motley crew . Sheep, goats, hens, horses, donkeys, dogs, bovine beauties and, usually, their owners, all flock here in what…