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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.
Dr. Maher Botros, an UNPOL Community Police Officer from Egypt, has gone beyond the call of duty supporting UNMISS personnel, displaced persons and local law enforcement counterparts in Malakal during the COVID-19 crisis.
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Margret Modong Joshua, a Gender Affairs Officer with UNMISS, has dedicated the past 14 years of her life to work tirelessly for the upliftment of women and girls in South Sudan.
“The work I do in this country involves listening to the tremendous pain that many women go through; sometimes it’s too hard to bear.
UNMISS peacekeepers from Bangladesh conduct COVID-19 sensitization among female inmates of Wau Central Prison.
In Western Bahr El Ghazal, UNMISS peacekeepers have taken the motto of leaving no one behind to heart as they continuously support the national-led COVID-19 response.