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Some may think that joining the army is all about meeting the physical demands of the profession.
But female military personnel serving with the Nepalese peacekeeping contingent in South Sudan say it is so much more than that.
Opposition forces based in the Eastern Equatorian region of South Sudan have pledged to uphold human rights from the command level right through to the rank and file following a workshop hosted by the United Nations peacekeeping mission in the conflict-affected country.
The return of relative calm to a village in Torit has prompted an influx of people returning to their homes.
UNMISS Head of Field Office Deborah Schein hands over generator keys to acting director of orphanage
“One hand cannot make a clap. Before God, I am so happy to see the world supporting us,” said Alier Wal who lost both parents in 2013.
“This is light at the end of the tunnel,” he assured his fellow orphans.
UNMISS Protection of Civilian (PoC) sites Update No. 265 - 10 Feb 2020
Thousands of children have suffered at the hands of armed groups during South Sudan’s civil war. They have been killed, maimed, abducted, separated from their families and denied access to education and healthcare.
“Women and men have equal rights and if we are given that opportunity, I think we will be able to participate fully in governance, and we can do anything that a man can do.”
UNMISS Protection of Civilian (PoC) sites Update No. 264 - 31 Jan to 06 Feb 2020
Senior officers from opposition forces living in cantonment sites in the Eastern Equatorian region of South Sudan have received training to help them better understand the laws that protect children caught up in armed conflict.
The United Kingdom’s Minister of State for the Armed Forces, Anne-Marie Trevelyan, has visited Malakal where she met with local authorities and toured the United Nations hospital that has been constructed by British army engineers.