By William Madouk<\/p>\n
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Central Equatoria State has launched integrated ethical, safe, and effective approach program to prevent gender-based violence (GBV) into youth economic initiatives.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n Under the state Ministry of Gender, Child, and Social Welfare, the program is supported by UN Development Program and Hope Africa South Sudan.<\/p>\n The three-month project targets 680 individuals in both Eastern and Central Equatoria States.<\/p>\n Its goal is to weave effective actions against GBV throughout a broader program focused on youth development. \u201cTherefore, as government of central Equatoria I think this project of inception is very important,\u201d Mariam added. \u201cI hope let it not end here in launching it, let it go down to our counties also\u201d she noted.<\/p>\n Margaret Mathiang, UNDP Gender Analyst, explained that the project aims to enhance youth employability through skill-building, business development, and financial support.<\/p>\n She highlighted concerning findings from an assessment that revealed a high prevalence of GBV. \u201cThe project will empower young women and advance gender equality through behavioral and social norm change intervention,\u201d Ms. Mathiang added.<\/p>\n According to her, this is a journey toward a more prosperous and resilient society and support for the United Nations 2030 agenda for sustainable development.<\/p>\n On the other hand, Mr. Aduol Aduol Yel, Executive Director of Hope Africa South Sudan said, \u201cthe importance of this project is that one, it will ensure that there are reduced cases of GBV in the local communities in Central Equatorial State, particularly Juba.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cWe are going to look at different approaches to GBV prevention, such as the stepping stones, creating features, and in the Shakirwa or opinion leaders here in CES – We will engage both spouses, local communities, women and boys, girls,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n He noted that the project which kick-started will come to an end in February 28, 2025 \u2013 would engage communities in sensitization seminars, and dialogue that would see GBV behavioural change.<\/p>\n \u201cThe project also will target 680 people as direct, but indirect will be more than that number. So, it will be 1,300 beneficiaries,\u201d<\/p>\n To him, eliminating Gender-based violence means peaceful community where growth can be realized. <\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" By William Madouk Central Equatoria State has launched integrated ethical, safe, and effective approach program to prevent gender-based violence (GBV) into youth economic initiatives. Under the state Ministry of Gender, Child, and Social Welfare, the program is supported by UN Development Program and Hope Africa South Sudan. The three-month[Read More…]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":31867,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[110,80,79],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-31866","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-central-equatoria-state","category-national","category-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/GBV.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31866","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31866"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31866\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31869,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31866\/revisions\/31869"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/31867"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31866"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31866"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31866"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nIn her remarks, Mariam Aguli Zachriah, Advisor to the Governor of Central Equatoria on Gender, Child, and Social Welfare, stated, \u201cwe are committed to doing much to combat GBV.\u201d<\/p>\n
\nShe cherished the partners for choosing Central Equatoria state to integrate an ethical, safe and effective GBV prevention approach into the youth economic development program.<\/p>\n
\n\u201cBy integrating GBV into the youth enterprise development and capacity building, we aim to improve the economic outcomes for young women through addressing vulnerability,\u201d she stated.<\/p>\n
\nOrganized under the theme: \u201cGBV prevention approaches for safer and peaceful communities.\u201d<\/p>\n