SOUTH SUDAN: Culture For Survival

As part of the 16 Days of Activism, the Human Rights Division of the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) has hosted a women’s dialogue looking at the right to education especially in areas of conflict and post conflicts.

Disparities as a result of conflict, violence, and economic inequality were also checked.

According to UNMISS, the lack of access to education has created a very real consequences that affect women’s rights to be safe.

UNMISS Human Rights Officer, Saadia Aleem, the dialogue was necessary so they could identify the issues women face.

A list of concrete recommendations will be written in four categories at the end of the dialogue which are on the family, for Government, for Community at large and lastly for the International Community.