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A women's leader speaks during an UNMISS-supported peace conference in Leer. A peace dialogue held between the communities of Mayiendit in Southern Liech and opposition-held Panyinjiar has pacified years of animosity and set…

Fuel-efficient stoves make it possible for women to spend more time in the relative safety of their homes. “Join hands, stand against rape” is the South Sudanese national theme for this year’s campaign of 16 days of activism…

The Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General on Sexual Violence in Conflict in her tour of eastern DRC. Photo MONUSCO/Kevin Jordan The Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General on Sexual Violence in…

Sıdıka Özdoğan and Şenay Eyüpoğlu from the Mağusa Kadın Merkezi Derneği (Makamer) or the Famagusta Women’s Centre have devoted their energies to raising awareness about the issues faced by women in their community. “Women…

Mağusa Kültür Derneği (MKD) or the Famagusta Cultural Association was established in 1992 and has since then used its best efforts to supporting women, youth and children in the Famagusta region of Cyprus. “We do this by…

Münise Beyaz and Marianne Sophocleous are two members of the Pyla Bi-Communal Women’s Initiative which came to life in 2018. The brainchild of the Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot women who live in harmony in the bicommunal…

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…

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…

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…

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…