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Yeniboğaziçi Kadınlar Derneği (YEKAD) or the Ayios Seryios Women’s Association, led by the dynamic Fikirye Hürses and Münevver Kılıç, is one of the oldest women’s groups in the Turkish Cypriot community. Established in 1979, YEKAD has been actively providing skill-building opportunities for women…

Klotho, an informal women’s group in Deryneia, Cyprus, is the story of six women brought together by their love for weaving and crochet as well as their determination to preserve Cypriot culture. In 2016, Florentia Chatzigeorgiou, Niki Prokopiou, Charoula Demetriou, Maro Oikonomou, Vasoula…

Opposition forces at the Nyara cantonment site being reminded to refrain from gender-based violence. “Here in Nyara, we don’t rape, we are organized. We are for the peace agreement and we will implement it,” confirmed Major General Benjamin John Batista, deputy sector commander of the Sudan People’s…

UNMISS Rule of Law Officers and prison officials meet to discuss strategies to revamp prisons country-wide. Decades of fighting both before and after South Sudan reached independence in 2011 have ravaged it within and without. Institutions and infrastructure buttressing its legislative and judicial…

Cycles of violence can be prevented by rethinking gender norms, a group of young people discussed during a male-led panel on domestic violence. The discussion, during which audience members shared stories of violence they knew about in society and their own families, followed the screening of the…

Volunteering abroad is something many people sit and think about doing when they reach their teenage years and beyond. If you are wondering what it would be like, our advice is to stop thinking about it and go research one of the wide range of opportunities out there. Then get brave and go do it…

Clad in traditional costume, contestants get ready for the debate Girls and boys in Aweil area have converged their voices to reject early marriage and demand their right to education. “We have found out that our customary laws in South Sudan don’t favour women at all. They only favour men,” said 19…

In recognition of the United Nations’ 16 days of activism against gender-based violence, 20 judge-advocates from the South Sudan People’s Defense Forces’ Military Justice Directorate and the peacekeeping mission’s Rule of Law Advisory Section have “joined hands to stand against rape” by holding a…

Bangladeshi peacekeepers providing free and much-appreciated medical services in Raja Lol. This week, Bangaldeshi peacekeepers serving with the United Nations Mission in South Sudan have conducted a day-long medical outreach campaign to provide free basic medical services for residents of the town…

UN volunteer Ratha Pathmanathan(in the middle) and colleagues accompanying displaced people to their homes and relatives in Akobo. A joyous highlight of her stay in South Sudan. Few United Nations Volunteers, UNVs, can be better suited for their tasks than Ratha Pathmanathan, a Relief, Reintegration…

The international community on Friday took stock of action to improve UN peacekeeping in line with a Security Council resolution aimed at enhancing performance at all levels, both at Headquarters in New York and in the field. The UN welcomes opportunities to review its effectiveness, Secretary…

It’s hard to listen to the details of Flora*’s life. Her husband died during the conflict. Her son did too. And she was raped by soldiers in the midst of this horror. However, the saying ‘hope dies last’ comes to life in this electric woman, who has the air of a grandmother and eyes that sparkle.…