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Informative COVID-19 material and face masks were distributed at an event in Yambio, which also aimed to promote a sense of national identity and social cohesion.
Hundreds of face mask-wearing Yambio citizens have been spotted reading vital COVID-19 prevention messages in their own local languages, courtesy of the UN Mission in South Sudan.
UNMISS partnered with I Can South Sudan to organise a seven-day COVID-19 awareness raising campaign in Tambura. Tricycles and motorbikes with loudspeakers broadcast WHO-approved preventative measures in local languages.
Since the World Health Organization (WHO) declared a worldwide coronavirus pandemic, the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) has continued to do everything within its capacity to assist the national-led COVID-
A women's representative from the Toposa community in Eastern Equatoria speaks to Governor Louis Lojore during a recent UNMISS-facilitated visit to remote areas on the state's easternmost border.
Every year, without fail, the rainy season in South Sudan leads to a severe deterioration in road conditions as well as flooding. The impact on residents of remote areas across the country cannot be understated.
UNMISS engineering troops and local youth are battling rising water levels to prevent parts of Bor to be submerged.
Engineering troops serving with the UN Mission in South Sudan are engaged in an ongoing battle against flooding caused by broken dykes in Bor, in Jonglei, aggravated by heavy downpours.
Participants at a forum discussing the implementation of the peace agreement, including the provision of 35 per cent political representation for women.
Women in Northern Bahr-el-Ghazal State call for the implementation of 35 per cent political representation, as stipulated in the revitalized peace agreement signed in September 2018, in the next state government.
The police component of UNMISS and UNDP jointly organized a forum on crime prevention in Torit, Eastern Equatoria.
Reports of increased criminality and organized gangs in Torit, Eastern Equatoria, putting civilians at risk has led to local law enforcement actors and rule of law partners developing comprehensive approaches to raise awareness among young peopl
Traditional leaders gathered in Wau engaged in important talks about reconciliation, conflict management, gender equality and a culture of impunity.
Traditional leaders in Western Bahr el-Ghazal have identified more balanced gender roles and an end to a culture of impunity as key factors to achieve harmony within and between their communities.
UNMISS peacekeepers from Ghana hand over computers to a UNDP-constructed youth centre in Bentiu.
Yashaswini Mittal, a United Nations Volunteer with UNMISS, works as a Judicial Affairs Officer with the mission’s Rule of Law Section. In the picture, Yashaswini and her colleagues hold up t-shirts during the annual commemoration of 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence in Juba, South Sudan, with Judge Advocates from the Military Justice Directorate of the SSPDF.
My name is Yashaswini Mittal and I am a United Nations Volunteer with UNMISS. I work as a Judicial Affairs Officer with the mission’s Rule of Law Section.
UNMISS recently organized a day-long forum in Western Bahr el Ghazal, South Sudan for political stakeholders, community and religious leaders as well as civil society actors to widen engagement with the Revitalized Peace Agreement.
Keeping up momentum regarding the ongoing peace process in South Sudan despite nation-wide COVID-19 restrictions was at the heart of a recent day-long event organized by UNMISS Civil Affairs in Western Bahr el Ghazal.