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United Nations Peacekeeping
21 Dec
2018
WARRAP - In Lietnhom, mothers used to walk for hours—sometimes days—to reach a clinic. Some didn’t make it. Others delivered on roadsides, under trees, or in overcrowded rooms without power or privacy.
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A new maternal and child health unit, funded by UNMISS, means pregnant women in Gogrial East, Warrap, will no longer have to walk for hours or days to reach a clinic or deliver their babies on the roadside and under trees. Photo by Zejin Yin/UNMISS.
An UNMISS workshop on security during electoral processes in Western Equatoria concluded with a commitment to establish a state-wide taskforce. Photo by Okot Emmanuel/UNMISS.
An UNMISS workshop in Bor empowered women's associations to lead and participate in gender-responsive constitution-making and electoral processes. Photo by Angellah Mandoreba/UNMISS.