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Rural women continue to be held back, says SG Ban

8 March 2012 - Rural women and girls made up a quarter of the world's population, but often lost out in areas ranging from income and education to health and participation in decision-making, Secretary-General (SG) Ban Ki-moon said in a message on International Women's Day.

09 Mar 2012

Women’s day celebrated in South Sudanese states

8 March 2012 - With a focus on rural women, International Women's Day was celebrated across South Sudan today with marches, speeches, military parades, songs and traditional dancing.

09 Mar 2012

Women show fishing skills in Wau

8 March 2012 – A group of enterprising women demonstrated their skills with fishing nets in making their livings during a celebration today in the Western Bahr El-Ghazal State capital of Wau.

09 Mar 2012

UNMISS SRSG paid tribute to South Sudanese Women

8 Mar. 2012 - Hilde F.

09 Mar 2012

UNMISS celebrates women's day at Juba hospital

7 March 2012 - A day before the world marked International Women's Day (IWD), UNMISS visited pregnant and newly delivered women at Juba Teaching Hospital.

07 Mar 2012

Western Equatoria launches volunteer road crew

6 March 2012 – Striving to maintain existing routes and extend its limited road network, Western Equatoria State launched a volunteer "Road Maintenance Crew" today in the capital Yambio.

07 Mar 2012

Epilepsy damaging lives in Raja

1 March 2012 - Authorities in a Western Bahr El-Ghazal State county have voiced concern about widespread cases of epilepsy among its residents, according to anUNMISS team on a three-day assessment mission to the area.

05 Mar 2012

SPLA learns human rights in Western Equatoria

29 February 2012 - Aiming to boost knowledge of human rights in the military, UNMISS completed a three-day training session for Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA) officers today in the Western Equatoria State capital of Yambio.

01 Mar 2012

Jonglei journalists discuss coverage of recent conflict

23 February 2012 - For the first time since independence, a dozen representatives of local and independent media in Bor, Jonglei State, met to discuss how South Sudanese reporters had covered recent disturbances in their area.

29 Feb 2012

UNMISS hands over computer center and library to Torit school

28 February 2012 - Striving to fill a technology gap and encourage reading, UNMISS handed over a computer centre and library today to a school in the Eastern Equatoria State capital Torit.

29 Feb 2012

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