Authorised rights’ protectors, same violators, South Sudan women tell AU CRN
Thursday, December 8, 2016 - 15:38 The authorised rights’ protectors are the very violators in the country, South Sudan women have revealed to the visiting African Union or AU Special Envoy. The women made the revelation in a closed door meeting with the AU Envoy on Wednesday in Juba. Beneta Diop says it is South Sudanese to decide what should be done to avoid violations such as rape, land grabbing, denial to access food and other humanitarian assistance. The Envoy observes that politicians exploit ethnic differences to divide and conquer civil population for their selfish interests. Envoy Diop diagnoses African problem of governance as objection to power sharing. She urges political elites to accept power sharing for peace and security to reign in the African continent and South Sudan in particular. Mahawa Kaba Wheeler, AU Commission Gender Development Director urges South Sudan women and youth to unite for peace to realize the most desired Africa. The AU officials were speaking to journalists in Juba on Wednesday. Their focus was restoring women dignity and rights in South Sudan. -- To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/d/forum/southsudankob View this message at https://groups.google.com/d/msg/southsudankob/topic-id/message-id For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout --- 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]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/SouthSudanKob. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/SouthSudanKob/CAJb14oqqbJkVxr82S0VObRb84E_K5taBjGyasEEYPnNr12TXXQ%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
