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Africa | South Sudan | Activism

Women Build Pathways to Peace in South Sudan

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"We thought it was going to be fighting, fighting until all of us died," recalls Mary, a widow and mother of five who lost her husband and other family members during the Second Sudanese Civil War that ended 11 years ago this week. When Mary shared her story with Women for Women International (WfWI) in mid-2012, she told us how peace had given her new hope for the future in South Sudan. "Now we realize we have a life, so my first hope is that I'm going to live longer," she said. "My second hope is that people will not fight again." Mary's dreams of peace did not come true. A year and
Africa | South Sudan | Society

The Resilient Women Holding South Sudan Together

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A woman walks into the labor ward, straight through to the delivery table. Five minutes later her baby is born. Two hours ago, she was in active labor and told to stay in the hospital for monitoring, however she went to the market to do some last minute errands. Women in South Sudan are fierce and resilient and this is seen every day when they labor with no expectation of pain relief, carry construction supplies across thorn-filled dirt paths and pump and carry endless jerry-cans of water to their families. The media reports on the blood-filled disputes of men – cattle raids, failed
Africa | South Sudan | Crimes

South Sudanese girls given away as ‘blood money’

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Due to extreme gender inequalities in South Sudan, a large majority of girls in the country are subjected to at least one form of domestic violence in their young lives. They are also three times more likely to die during pregnancy or childbirth than to finish primary education, according to the international children’s development organization Plan International. But young girls in the country’s Eastern Equatoria State suffer a particularly abhorrent practice which is traditional among at least five of the state’s 12 tribes – “blood money” compensation.
Africa | South Sudan | Activism

South Sudanese women given a glimpse of hope by West Michigan-based organization

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A West Michigan non-profit is on a mission to save the people of South Sudan. It’s one of the world’s newest countries that is caught in a constant state of unrest. It’s a group called Sow Hope and they went to South Sudan focused on the women who were caught in the chaos of war. FOX 17’s Cassandra Arsenault got the chance to see them in action as she went across the world to South Sudan with them. The women in South Sudan are caught in a culture of constant war. Their husbands have been killed, their children stolen and a relentless fear that leaves little room for hope. Sow

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