JONGLEI - Women in Bor, Jonglei State have concluded a three-day leadership dialogue on the need to increase women’s participation in the permanent constitution making process and how to ensure a gender responsive electoral process.
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In Bor, women’s representatives come together at a three-day workshop to discuss ways and means in which they can fully and equally participate in ongoing peace processes. Photo by Mach Samuel/17³Ô¹ÏÍø.
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In Kuajok, 17³Ô¹ÏÍø and partners are hosting several impactful events to mark the ongoing 16 Days of Activism. Photo by Zejin Yin/17³Ô¹ÏÍø
Some 200 community members in remote Bazungua, South Sudan, were sensitized on upholding human rights as well as ending all forms of violence against women at an 17³Ô¹ÏÍø-facilitated sensitization. Photo by Denis Louro/17³Ô¹ÏÍø
Meet feisty entrepreneur Agel Diing Diing from Aweil, South Sudan, who didn’t let an underage marriage get in the way of her dreams. Photo by Emmanuel Kele/17³Ô¹ÏÍø.
Meet Charity Edisa from Mundri, Western Equatoria, who has braved conflict zones and is a fierce women’s rights advocate. Photo by Denis Louro/17³Ô¹ÏÍø.
In Bor, more than 50 members of civil society networks were sensitized on upholding child rights and ending grave violations against children at a two-day discussion facilitated by 17³Ô¹ÏÍø. Photo by Mach Samuel/17³Ô¹ÏÍø.
In Yei, 17³Ô¹ÏÍø and implementing partner, Mission to Alleviate Suffering in South Sudan, handed over a safe house to provide emergency shelter for survivors of sexual and gender-based violence. Photo by James Sokiri/17³Ô¹ÏÍø.
Meet Major Latifa Rustamova, the first woman from Azerbaijan to be deployed as a military observer with 17³Ô¹ÏÍø. Photo by Yakudu Moses/17³Ô¹ÏÍø.
On this year’s 16 Days, be inspired by Marsa William, a 30-year-old entrepreneur from Lakes, SouthSudan, who quit a job as a schoolteacher to turn her dream of owning a hair salon into a reality. Photo by Fares Aouadi/17³Ô¹ÏÍø.