By James Innocent<\/p>\n
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Gender desk of Yei River County, Central Equatoria State has reported over 100 cases of gender-based violence (GBV) since the beginning of 2025.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n Dusman Florence, a nurse at Yei Civil Hospital and a staff member at the One Stop Centre for counseling related to GBV, confirmed that the majority of the cases involve women who are often the victims of violence.<\/p>\n She emphasized the need for community awareness and intervention.<\/p>\n Florence urged citizens to refrain from violence, despite the economic hardships currently affecting the country.<\/p>\n \u201cI encourage everyone to avoid violence, especially during these challenging times, as many men are struggling to support their families, including paying for their children’s education,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n Concerned citizen Ade Rufas expressed that the worsening economic situation has greatly contributed to the rise in GBV cases as many families are finding it difficult to afford basic needs.<\/p>\n He noted that many children are forced to stay home from school because families cannot afford the expenses. Rufas called on parents to focus on agriculture, suggesting that a stable food supply at home can foster peace within families.<\/p>\n Gaga Frank, the youth chairman of Yei River County, also urged young people to engage in agriculture rather than resorting to gambling.<\/p>\n He believes that actively participating in farming can help address some of the challenges families face.<\/p>\n Last year a Ugandan man in Yei River County was arrested for killing his pregnant wife. He remains in prison, awaiting trial for the heinous act.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" By James Innocent Gender desk of Yei River County, Central Equatoria State has reported over 100 cases of gender-based violence (GBV) since the beginning of 2025. Dusman Florence, a nurse at Yei Civil Hospital and a staff member at the One Stop Centre for counseling related to GBV, confirmed[Read More…]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":36491,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[80,79],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-36490","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-national","category-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Dusman-Florence-a-nurse-at-Yei-Civil-Hospital-and-a-staff-member-at-the-One-Stop-Centre-for-counseling-related-to-GBV.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36490","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=36490"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36490\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":36492,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36490\/revisions\/36492"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/36491"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36490"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36490"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36490"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}