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EASTERN EQUATORIA – “I assure you, we will drive change against sexual exploitation, as our mothers and sisters are bearing the brunt of these injustices,” said Elias Taban Elias, the Guild President of the Torit Health Science Insti
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As part of the 16 Days of Activism against gender-based violence, more than 50 apprentices from the Torit Health Science Institute were educated on how to prevent and report such abuses. Photos by Moses Yakudu/UNMISS.
No evidence of grave violations of children’s rights, but also no nearby school or healthcare facility. Results when a verification team visited a cantonment site in Irube were mixed. Photos by Moses Yakudu & Okello James/UNMISS.
Driven by a spirit of volunteerism, UNMISS volunteers in Rumbek gathered the necessary resources and then renovated a hospital ward. Photo by Fares Aouadi/UNMISS.
UNMISS Ghanaian peacekeepers provided medical care and hygiene services at Bentiu Prison, promoting the humane treatment of prisoners. Photo by Taban Geofrey Koma Alfred/UNMISS.
In Romich in Warrap State, 60 members of the South Sudan People’s Defence Forces participated in a workshop on protecting children’s rights, particularly by not recruiting them to their ranks. Photo by Manyang Mayom/UNMISS.
At the age of 10, an accident changed his life path, leaving him with a severe injury to his left leg. Growing up in a family of cattle keepers, where physical ability was essential for a boy's future, the incident seemed like a devastating setback - but fate would beat the odds. Photo by Rabindra Giri/UNMISS.
A new national task force has been established to tackle gender-based and conflict-related sexual violence, with the government declaring it as "by us, for us." Photo by Sonam Tharchen/UNMISS.