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"If you are good enough, you are old enough", the saying goes. Mary Nyaluong Dhieu Kiir in Malakal is living proof of that. Photos by Samson Liberty/UNMISS.
UPPER NILE – She may be only 27, but Mary Nyaluong Dhieu Kiir has already tasted professional success by becoming a Director at her state’s Ministry of Gender and Social Welfare.
Maria Angelo, a 27-year-old political activist in Northern Bahr El Ghazal state, hopes to see her fellow women taking part in her country’s ongoing peace and political processes, asserting their rights. Photo by Emmanuel Kele/UNMISS.
NORTHERN BAHR EL GHAZAL – “In South Sudan, empowering women remains a necessity. Providing them with education and equal opportunities will allow them to be more involved in decision-making processes.
On this year’s International Women’s Day, meet UNMISS police officer Ayat Harb, who left behind her and two daughters in Jordan to serve for peace in South Sudan. Photo by Fares Aouadi/UNMISS.
It takes a strong woman, determined to make a difference, to leave two children and family behind to become a peacekeeper serving with the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS).
Some helicopters are more important than others, like this one, belonging to UNMISS and delivering justice to Koch. Photo by Peter Bateman/UNMISS.
UNITY STATE – The landing of a helicopter at a remote peacekeeping base in Koch, South Sudan, signified a pivotal moment for the local community.
On International Women's Day, meet Mama Fatima, a 60-year-old woman in Juba who does not let personal setbacks stop her from living life to the fullest. Photo by Nektarios Markogiannis/UNMISS.
Although life so far has not turned out the way she had hoped for, 60-year-old Fatima Ibrahim Ori doesn’t let that stop her from living it to the fullest.
The United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) condemns the killing today of a South Sudanese staff member in Abiemnhom in the Ruweng Administrative Area, close to the border with Warrap State and Abyei.
Recently and significantly improved relations between Lou Nuer and Murle communities are living proof of the wisdom of the old adage "if at first you don't succeed, try again." Photos by Khalif Farah & Islam Fady/UNMISS
JONGLEI/PIBOR- In the ethnically complex Greater Jonglei/Pibor area, cattle raids, revenge killings, child abductions and other forms of intercommunal violence have been going on for longer than anyone wants to remember.
The United Nations Mine Action Service (UNMAS) responded swiftly when residents in Amadi in Eastern Equatoria State suspected the presence of explosive remnants of war in their community, preventing them from farming. Photo by Fares Aouadi/UNMISS.
EASTERN EQUATORIA - In Amadi, a village located a few kilometers from South Sudan’s capital, Juba, local communities used to live in fear.
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