UNITY – In South Sudan, the world’s newest nation, violence against women and girls is often used as a weapon of war.
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In Unity state, the UN Peacekeeping mission, UNMISS, the UN Population Fund and the state Ministry of Gender, Child and Social Welfare, team up to hold a two-day workshop on improving established policies for preventing and responding to violence against women. Photo by Peter Bateman/UNMISS
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The UNMISS in-house band —the Flamingoes— held a peace concert in Raja county, Western Bahr El Ghazal bringing excitement, joy, and hope to the town. Photo by Alahayi Nemaya /UNMISS
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In a bid to mitigate longstanding source of conflict, UNMISS, as part of its Quick Impact Projects programme, drills a solar-powered borehole in Pau-Adhot. Photo by Emmanuel Kele/UNMISS
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UNMISS Rule of Law helps build capacities and gender awareness for 30 officers from the National Prisons Service in Juba. Photo by Gregorio Cunha/UNMISS
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A high-level delegation led by UNMISS Deputy Chief, Guang Cong, meets local communities in Greater Pibor Administrative Area. Photos by Angellah Mandoreba/UNMISS
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A team of peacekeepers recently visited Panakuach, on the border of Sudan and South Sudan, to assess the needs of new returnees who have headed back to their home country, following escalating violence in Khartoum. Photo by Peter Bateman/UNMISS
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120 displaced persons and refugees come together at a joint forum by UNMISS, UNDP, UNHCR, UN Women and the South Sudan Relief and Rehabilitation Commission on constitution-making and elections. Photo by Denis Louro/UNMISS