Organization Trains Girl Guide Association On Child Rights
The South Sudan Women Empowerment Network (SSWEN) on Saturday set out to educate members of the Girl Guide Association on child rights. 24 March 2013 The project known as South Sudan Girl Not Bride is to involve girls in the development of the country. [Juma John Stephen] By Juma John Stephen JUBA, 24 March 2013 (Gurtong) –The project known as South Sudan Girl Not Bride is to involve girls to contribute to the development of the country, according to the Central Equatorial State, Director for Gender, Lily Ismail. “The important aim is our girls should go to school because they are the positive resource for South Sudan and especially for Central Equatoria State, and even their own development and their families. So when we educate girls we totally change their lives and when we send our girls to get married in an early age is not good for our children,” said Ismail. The event which started with the parade of the Girl Guide Association in Juba Civil Engineering Centre was mainly to empower South Sudanese women and the Girl Guide through programs that encourage them to participate in decision-making. Speaking during the event, the Executive Director for SSWEN, Paleki Mathew said they are targeting both boys and girls in schools. “Recently there has been a research that has been carried out and it indicated that there early marriage is very high in South Sudan, so therefore, this is why the training is all about. We are going to take to girls and boys in schools to know what their rights,” said Paleki. The Inspector for Girl Guides, Alice Michael called upon the Ministry of Education to include child rights in the school curriculum. “We are asking the Ministry of Education to put the Child Act in the Curriculum so that the child can know his rights,” said Michael. Education is a key to economic development and the Girl Guild Association called on parents to send their girls to school and stop early marriages. Posted in: Home, Education, Foreign Aid/Assistance -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "South Sudan Info - The Kob" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
