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One of the workshop participants makes her point. The women spoke strongly against traditional norms that marginalize them.
Women in Twic are attributing a lack of opportunities and “brain drain” of educated females in their communities to deeply-entrenched traditional practices which relegate them to a secondary role.
There was much to ponder in the Lakes region when UN police officers trained their South Sudanese counterparts on community policing.
The United Nations Police is currently training their South Sudanese counterparts in the greater Lakes region on community policing. The campaign, currently underway in Abyei-Chok in Gok and Cuei Chok in Western Lakes, aims to build confidence between the police and the civilian population.
Officers from three different armed groups in Aweil have been learning how not to recruit and use children.
High-ranking military officers from the government army, the main opposition force and the South Sudan Opposition Alliance have undergone training on understanding the legal framework of the protection of children.
Women in Kuajok discuss the difficulties in obtaining 35 per cent political representation when cultural practices often impede them from acquiring the required skills.
Women in Kuajok have expressed concerns about cultural practices impeding them from obtaining the 35 per cent representation in government that last year’s revitalized peace agreement grants them.
The "waiting room" at the only veterinary clinic in Bor, overseen by an UNMISS vet from the Indian Army.
For Lieutenant-Colonel Richmark Fernandes, a peacekeeper from India serving with the United Nations Mission in South Sudan, being around animals has always brought joy.
“In my village, we had a lot of chickens and cows growing up. I always loved them so much,” he says.
People affected by violence in Rimenze meet with UN Peacekeepers on a recent visit.
“It was so stressful here when they attacked us that night. But I don’t think they will return again because you are here and we believe in you.”
The sun is yet to rise above the skyline.
But police officers and military troops are already gathering outside the gates of the Protection of Civilians site next to the United Nations compound in Juba, the capital of South Sudan.
Female leaders of civil society organizations in Nimule, Eastern Equatoria, being informed about women's rights as stipulated in the revitalized peace agreement.
As if gently stirred awake by the affectionate early morning rays of the sun seeping in through a gap in their bedroom curtains, a group of women in Nimule received a pleasant stroke of enlightenment as a visiting team from the United Nations Mission in South Sudan spread the word on the right
On Wednesday, David Shearer, head of UNMISS, commented on a variety of issues at a press conference in Juba.
In Pibor, thousands of people watched as their homes were destroyed and crops washed away by heavy rains over the past few weeks.
A momentous moment for South Sudan National Police Service: the launch of an action plan against conflict-related sexual violence.
On Tuesday, a promise consensually conceived five years ago saw the light of day at a milestone event in Juba: a complete action plan for the South Sudan National Police Service on addressing conflict-related sexual violence in the country.