S. Sudan Diaspora women urge leaders to embrace peace

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February 14, 2014 (JUBA) - A US-based South Sudanese women organisation has
released the first of a series of peace commercials urging its negotiating
team in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia to reject violence and embrace peace.

South Sudan Women United (SSWU) called on those mediating the talks to
involve more women and young people in their discussion as they were most
affected by violence, which began almost two months ago.

The group also called on the South Sudanese Diaspora and Church leaders to
have greater involvement.

The video and recommendations were the result of a workshop facilitated by
the Institute for Sustainable Peace to give women from various tribes a
platform to discuss their roles in building peace and reconciliation.

An estimated 10,000 people have died since the violence erupted in Juba on
December 15 before spreading to other parts of South Sudan. The United
Nations says that 861,400 people have been displaced either within South
Sudan or into neighbouring countries.

The SSWU, which has connections to South Sudanese women in South Sudan,
Kenya, Uganda and other countries, said in a press statement that these
figures were both "staggering and heartbreaking".

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