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17 September 2020
Press Release
New High-Level Commission will ensure promises made at Nairobi Summit are kept as COVID-19 pandemic threatens to turn back the clock for women’s health and rights
A new High-Level Commission of advocates, experts and activists was established today to help commitments to women’s health and rights made at the 2019 Nairobi Summit on ICPD25…
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09 September 2020
News
New Canada funding for midwifery, GBV in South Sudan
The Government of Canada announced an additional 4.2 million Canadian dollars contribution to the United Nations Population Fund in South Sudan to boost midwifery services and…
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31 August 2020
News
Youth helping youth during the pandemic
Shabab Le Shabab Health Alliance is mobilizing its members to reach out to young people and ensure that they continue to have access to sexual and reproductive health information…
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03 August 2020
News
‘We need joint actions to end GBV’ – Vice President Garang
Juba, South Sudan – Vice President Rebecca Garang said various sectors have to act together to end gender-based violence, including harmful traditional practices, in South…
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30 June 2020
Press Release
Confronting the silent and endemic crisis of harmful practices
Every year, millions of girls are subjected to practices that harm them physically and emotionally, with the full knowledge and consent of their families, friends and communities,…
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30 June 2020
News
Five things you didn’t know about practices that harm girls
Every day, hundreds of thousands of girls around the world are harmed physically or psychologically, with the full knowledge and consent of their families, friends and communities…
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24 June 2020
News
Call for action to end gender-based violence and impunity for GBV perpetrators in South Sudan
Violence against women and girls is violence against the entire humankind, and should have no place in South Sudan or anywhere…
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19 June 2020
Statement
A Blight on Humanity’s Conscience
Sexual violence in conflict is a threat to our collective security, a violation of international law and a blight on humanity’s conscience. As a weapon of war, it subjugates women…
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18 June 2020
News
At risk of rape outside and violence in South Sudan protection camp – will women and girls ever be safe?
Staying at home may be the safest way to avoid infection with the coronavirus, but for some women and girls in Bentiu, it means greater vulnerability to gender-based violence.
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