{"id":36835,"date":"2025-06-20T09:57:57","date_gmt":"2025-06-20T07:57:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/onecitizendaily.com\/?p=36835"},"modified":"2025-06-20T09:57:57","modified_gmt":"2025-06-20T07:57:57","slug":"nation-talks-117","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/2025\/06\/20\/nation-talks-117\/","title":{"rendered":"Nation Talks"},"content":{"rendered":"

South Sudan, already one of the\u00a0most difficult\u00a0countries\u00a0for women,\u00a0has in recent years seen some of the highest levels of sexual violence in the world.\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Even\u00a0before\u00a0the civil war officially ended in September 2018, women and girls\u00a0experienced\u00a0high levels of gender-based violence\u00a0(GBV)\u00a0and had limited ways to address these crimes. Women and Girls face violence despite the Peace Deal.<\/p>\n

Once civil war, fueled by ethnic divisions, engulfed the country in 2013, violence against women and girls\u00a0grew\u00a0even more pronounced.\u00a0From 2013 until the end of 2018, soldiers on both sides of the conflict used sexual violence and torture, especially of women and girls,\u00a0as part of their military strategies. Furthermore,\u00a0a\u00a0complete breakdown of\u00a0the\u00a0rule of law permitted armed men to operate with impunity throughout the conflict.<\/p>\n

And such kinds of issues are practised by both sides, especially what happened in 2013 crisis in Bor was really terrible, where even in the church, there was no mercy from the soldiers of either side. Women and young girls were going through a lot of suffering, rapping, killing, and so many hurting issues, which is really not good for this country. In 2016, conflicts where in the Jebel market area many girls were rapped to dead in Yei; some were burned with wood and died. In any violence in South Sudan, whether political violence, Cattle riding, or tribal violence, it can\u2019t be missed that women are left untouched by the cattle riding in Mawgi, women are taken as the source of violence. In Leer county of Unity state, a 15-year-old girl was used by a soldier in 2022 it is a very bad act in the country and it is still ongoing. This looked facilitated by the warring politician.<\/p>\n

In 2021 there were SSPDF soldiers who were brought from year about 21 of them assembled in Bilpham the headquarters of the SSPDF and were sentence to prison some 7 years, 5years and 4 years that time the orders were very clear that they were to be removed from the Army to serve their terms and go home. It is a surprise that some of them were still seen around their villages, even here in the town, because the law is never enforced in the country.<\/p>\n

If you look at this country, most women and young girls are the ones suffering from savior trauma that will be unhealed, and they become unhealthy, affected by HIV, others can\u2019t give birth and some of them die on the spot. Just because of this continues crisis in the country.<\/p>\n

Although\u00a0most political violence\u00a0abated\u00a0when\u00a0the most recent peace agreement\u00a0was\u00a0signed\u00a0in September 2018, conflict-related sexual violence (CRSV) has persisted.\u00a0Armed men, some affiliated with various military groups, continue to attack women and girls\u00a0who are\u00a0travelling. Additionally, widespread displacement exacerbates\u00a0other\u00a0risks to the safety of women and girls,\u00a0including intimate partner violence and underage pregnancy.<\/p>\n

I appeal to the government and the Ministry of Justice, and Ministry of Gender, Social Welfare to take gender violence issues seriously for the upcoming generations, and the perpetrators to be held accountable for causing such incidents. The county needs peace, not conflicts.<\/p>\n

God Bless South Sudan.<\/p>\n

Be right there!<\/p>\n

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