Women

Women celebrate IWD2021 by calling for 35% representation in the government

March 8, 2021 Breaking News, News, Newsbeat, South Sudan, Women

Displaced women and children under a hot sun in South Sudan’s Maban County, where food shortages are causing tension. © UNHCR/P.Rulashe

March 8, 2021(SSNN) — As the world celebrates International Women’s Day with the theme ‘Choose to Challenge’, South Sudan women chose to challenge the issues facing women in leadership especially in the implementation of the Revitalized Agreement on Conflict Resolution in South Sudan (R-ARCSS). These women focused on the clause on a clause that demands 35 percent representation of women […]

South Sudanese women washing cars in UNMISS want to become entrepreneurs

October 26, 2020 Breaking News, News, Newsbeat, South Sudan, Women

South Sudanese women washing cars to earn a living in the UNMISS camps in Juba, South Sudan, October 26 2020(Photo credit: Moses Pasi/UNMISS.)

MOSES PASI Oct 26, 2020(SSNN) — Eighteen South Sudanese women who have survived civil war, displacement and sexual violence build their skills every day at the UNMISS car washing bay where they ensure the mission’s vehicles are in top condition to reach remote communities across the world’s newest country. “With the money I earn working at the UNMISS car washing […]