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Government and opposition military side by side at an UNMISS-led training on child protection.
“It is true that a child is an immature human being with full rights. We would not be what we are today if our rights are violated in one way or the other during our childhood.”
UN Youth Envoy Jayathma Wickramanayake listened to the many concerns of young men and women staying at the UNMISS protection of civilians site in Juba.
As we arrive at the Youth Training Centre in the UN protection site for displaced people, several young men and women are busy getting on with learning new and useful skills.
Flavia Zisok, Poet.
Flavia Zisok’s weapon of choice is a combination of her pain and her pen.
The young writer has published many poems about the immense suffering caused by war and her hopes for lasting peace in conflict-affected South Sudan.
A classic presentation of group discussions, here at a women's forum in Rumbek addressing the content of the revitalised peace agreement.
Women in South Sudan’s Lakes region have called on parties to the revitalized peace agreement to make a real effort to form the transitional government of national unity come 22 February.
Mary Alex, internally displaced in Mundri, has become a versatile entrepreneur to make ends meet.
Fetching and selling water to restaurant owners and firewood at the Mundri market is the daily routine of Mary Alex to make a living for herself and her eight children.
Colonel Rebecca Anyeoul and her female military peers say that a lot remains to be done to fully respect women's rights.
Rebecca Anyeoul is an expert when it comes to juggling her responsibilities.
She’s managed to raise seven children throughout the conflict in South Sudan while also serving in the country’s army for the past 25 years, rising up the ranks to achieve the rank of colonel.
Youth of different political persuasions got together in Yambio to become agents of peace.
“Criminals, thieves, violent people. That’s how we, the youth, were referred to during the conflict.”
Citizens of Akon County gathered to learn more about the content of the revitalised peace agreement.
About a thousand citizens of Akon County in the Gogrial area have participated in a peace rally centered around the dissemination of the content of the revitalised peace agreement signed in September 2018.
UNMISS Protection of Civilian (PoC) sites Update No. 263 - 24 Jan to 30 Jan 2020
Rounok Jahan, a Bangladeshi UN police officer serving with UNMISS, dares to be different. She hopes you do, too.
Rounok Jahan has been breaking down gender barriers her whole life.
First by deciding as a child that she would join the male-dominated police force in her home country of Bangladesh.