EASTERN EQUATORIA STATE - The words “sex education” have the potential to make some parents and biology teachers across the world shiver, blush, or both.
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Overcoming cultural taboos was a key topic when UN police were discussing reproductive health issues with women in Torit. Photos: Samira Y. Salifu/UNMISS
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Community members across Juba, South Sudan's capital city, gave cogent responses to a week-long mobile awareness campaign run by UNMISS on upholding the rights of women and girls. Photo by James Sokiri/UNMISS.
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On a field visit to Bentiu, UNMISS Police Commissioner Christine Fossen was treated to a guard of honour by Ghanaian colleagues. Photo: Jacob Ruai/UNMISS