Latest items for South Sudan
May 1, 2025, 3:28 p.m.
Countries: South Sudan
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-1
"'Some of my colleagues and I have established the South Sudanese Women in Medicine (Sswim) forum, which we use to mentor and encourage other South Sudanese women to venture into medicine,' she [Dr Idyoro] concludes" (par. 30).
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-1
"'Some of my colleagues and I have established the South Sudanese Women in Medicine (Sswim) forum, which we use to mentor and encourage other South Sudanese women to venture into medicine,' she [Dr Idyoro] concludes" (par. 30).
May 1, 2025, 3:28 p.m.
Countries: South Sudan
Variables: PHBP-PRACTICE-2
"'At 15 years, I moved to Khartoum because North Sudan was less affected by the war compared to Juba. Being the eldest child of a polygamous family, my father really wanted me to be successful so that I could take care of my younger siblings' [Dr Idyoro Ojukwu]" (par. 8). This demonstrates that polygamy does occur within South Sudan (IME - CODER COMMENT).
Variables: PHBP-PRACTICE-2
"'At 15 years, I moved to Khartoum because North Sudan was less affected by the war compared to Juba. Being the eldest child of a polygamous family, my father really wanted me to be successful so that I could take care of my younger siblings' [Dr Idyoro Ojukwu]" (par. 8). This demonstrates that polygamy does occur within South Sudan (IME - CODER COMMENT).
May 1, 2025, 3:28 p.m.
Countries: South Sudan
Variables: MARR-PRACTICE-2
"'Most girls changed their views about education. They realised it was possible to get someone to marry you even when you are educated. They also learned that you don't have to jus tmarry the people around you,' the medic [Dr Idyoro] says" (par. 25).
Variables: MARR-PRACTICE-2
"'Most girls changed their views about education. They realised it was possible to get someone to marry you even when you are educated. They also learned that you don't have to jus tmarry the people around you,' the medic [Dr Idyoro] says" (par. 25).
May 1, 2025, 3:28 p.m.
Countries: South Sudan
Variables: ERBG-PRACTICE-1
"'I was the only female doctor amongst the four doctors who were posted at the local clinic [Dr. Idyoro Ojukwu]" (par. 16). "The army officers were astonished that she [Dr. Idyoro Ojukwu] was a doctor, yet she was so young. 'They would always ask, 'What is this little girl telling us?', but with time, I gained their trust and was able to provide HIV treatment,' she [Dr. Idyoro Ojukwu] says" (par. 19).
Variables: ERBG-PRACTICE-1
"'I was the only female doctor amongst the four doctors who were posted at the local clinic [Dr. Idyoro Ojukwu]" (par. 16). "The army officers were astonished that she [Dr. Idyoro Ojukwu] was a doctor, yet she was so young. 'They would always ask, 'What is this little girl telling us?', but with time, I gained their trust and was able to provide HIV treatment,' she [Dr. Idyoro Ojukwu] says" (par. 19).
May 1, 2025, 3:28 p.m.
Countries: South Sudan
Variables: DMW-PRACTICE-1
"Dr Idyoro, l however, says she was not surprised by their reactions because South Sudan is a very patriarchal society. 'Boys and men are seen as the pillars of communities. If a woman just gives birth to girl, they are not considered 'wife enough'. People also see boys as the only ones supposed to go to school, whereas girls should get married. This is why early marriages are common in South Sudan'" (par. 20-21).
Variables: DMW-PRACTICE-1
"Dr Idyoro, l however, says she was not surprised by their reactions because South Sudan is a very patriarchal society. 'Boys and men are seen as the pillars of communities. If a woman just gives birth to girl, they are not considered 'wife enough'. People also see boys as the only ones supposed to go to school, whereas girls should get married. This is why early marriages are common in South Sudan'" (par. 20-21).
May 1, 2025, 3:28 p.m.
Countries: South Sudan
Variables: DACH-PRACTICE-1
"Almost 40 years after the top university in South Sudan was founded, Dr Idyoro Ojukwu became the first woman Obstetrician and Gynaecologist (OBGYN) in the country" (par. 1).
Variables: DACH-PRACTICE-1
"Almost 40 years after the top university in South Sudan was founded, Dr Idyoro Ojukwu became the first woman Obstetrician and Gynaecologist (OBGYN) in the country" (par. 1).
May 1, 2025, 3:28 p.m.
Countries: South Sudan
Variables: ASR-PRACTICE-1
"Almost 40 years after the top univserity in South Sudan was founded, Dr Idyoro Ojukwu became the first woman Obstetrician and Gynaecologist (OBGYN) in the country" (parr. 1). "She [Dr Idyoro Ojukwu] also adds that she was among the first South Sudanese women to study medicine at the univeristy. There were only three South Sudanese women in her class. 'In fact, the first group of South Sudanese women to be admitted to study medicine at the university were three ladies who joined a year ahead of us. This was in a class of about 70 to 80 students. Most of the female medical students were Arabs from North SUdan. It...more
Variables: ASR-PRACTICE-1
"Almost 40 years after the top univserity in South Sudan was founded, Dr Idyoro Ojukwu became the first woman Obstetrician and Gynaecologist (OBGYN) in the country" (parr. 1). "She [Dr Idyoro Ojukwu] also adds that she was among the first South Sudanese women to study medicine at the univeristy. There were only three South Sudanese women in her class. 'In fact, the first group of South Sudanese women to be admitted to study medicine at the university were three ladies who joined a year ahead of us. This was in a class of about 70 to 80 students. Most of the female medical students were Arabs from North SUdan. It...more
May 1, 2025, 3:28 p.m.
Countries: South Sudan
Variables: ASR-DATA-1
"She [Dr Idyoro Ojukwu] also adds that she was among the first South Sudanese women to study medicine at the univeristy. There were only three South Sudanese women in her class. 'In fact, the first group of South Sudanese women to be admitted to study medicine at the university were three ladies who joined a year ahead of us. This was in a class of about 70 to 80 students. Most of the female medical students were Arabs from North SUdan. It was extraordinary to be a South Sudanese woman studying medicine at the time' she says" (par. 11-12).
Variables: ASR-DATA-1
"She [Dr Idyoro Ojukwu] also adds that she was among the first South Sudanese women to study medicine at the univeristy. There were only three South Sudanese women in her class. 'In fact, the first group of South Sudanese women to be admitted to study medicine at the university were three ladies who joined a year ahead of us. This was in a class of about 70 to 80 students. Most of the female medical students were Arabs from North SUdan. It was extraordinary to be a South Sudanese woman studying medicine at the time' she says" (par. 11-12).
May 1, 2025, 3:28 p.m.
Countries: South Sudan
Variables: AOM-PRACTICE-1
"'Boys and men are seen as the pillars of communities. If a woman just gives birth to gil, they are not considered 'wife enough'. People also see boys as the only ones supposed to go to school, whereas girls should get married. This is why early marriages are common in South Sudan' [Dr Idyoro]. In fact, when Dr Idyoro was getting married in her mid-20s, many people in her community thought she had waited too long. 'People were asking, 'Why are you still at home? Are you even going to give birth? You don't even have a man to marry you.'. . .She got married in her hometown to show...more
Variables: AOM-PRACTICE-1
"'Boys and men are seen as the pillars of communities. If a woman just gives birth to gil, they are not considered 'wife enough'. People also see boys as the only ones supposed to go to school, whereas girls should get married. This is why early marriages are common in South Sudan' [Dr Idyoro]. In fact, when Dr Idyoro was getting married in her mid-20s, many people in her community thought she had waited too long. 'People were asking, 'Why are you still at home? Are you even going to give birth? You don't even have a man to marry you.'. . .She got married in her hometown to show...more
May 1, 2025, 3:28 p.m.
Countries: South Sudan
Variables: AFE-PRACTICE-2
"Almost 40 years after the top university in South Sudan was founded, Dr Idyoro Ojukwu became the first woman Obstetrician and Gynaecologist (OBGYN) in the country. That she was the first was a surprise to both Dr Idyoro and her family. After all, it was 2013 and she assumed by that time, there would haev been other South Sudanese women who would have gone before her. 'I actually felt bad, but I have come to learn that it was because South SUdanese women have been marginalised for long. Yes, I'm proud and happy that I am the first one, but I don't believe that should be the case,' Dr Idyoro...more
Variables: AFE-PRACTICE-2
"Almost 40 years after the top university in South Sudan was founded, Dr Idyoro Ojukwu became the first woman Obstetrician and Gynaecologist (OBGYN) in the country. That she was the first was a surprise to both Dr Idyoro and her family. After all, it was 2013 and she assumed by that time, there would haev been other South Sudanese women who would have gone before her. 'I actually felt bad, but I have come to learn that it was because South SUdanese women have been marginalised for long. Yes, I'm proud and happy that I am the first one, but I don't believe that should be the case,' Dr Idyoro...more
Feb. 3, 2025, 9:53 p.m.
Countries: D R Congo, Mali, South Sudan
Variables: AFE-PRACTICE-1
"As of January 2021, China has 2541 troops deployed in UN peacekeeping missions in South Sudan, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Mali. These are all countries where attacks on students and schools, and the military use of schools have been documented" (12).
Variables: AFE-PRACTICE-1
"As of January 2021, China has 2541 troops deployed in UN peacekeeping missions in South Sudan, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Mali. These are all countries where attacks on students and schools, and the military use of schools have been documented" (12).
Jan. 28, 2025, 9:25 p.m.
Countries: Somalia, South Sudan
Variables: AFE-PRACTICE-1
"Uganda’s peacekeeping staff are deployed in Somalia and South Sudan — both countries where attacks on students and schools and the military use of schools by local parties have been documented" (3).
Variables: AFE-PRACTICE-1
"Uganda’s peacekeeping staff are deployed in Somalia and South Sudan — both countries where attacks on students and schools and the military use of schools by local parties have been documented" (3).
Jan. 9, 2025, 10:38 a.m.
Countries: South Sudan
Variables: NGOFW-DATA-1
"For almost 20 years, Equality Now supported women’s rights organizations under the Solidarity for African Women’s Rights (SOAWR) Coalition to advocate for the universal ratification of the Maputo Protocol across Africa. SOAWR member Steward Women and the Coalition of Civil Society on the Ratification of Maputo Protocol in South Sudan have steered the national campaign in South Sudan since 2012. Initial advocacy efforts Equality Now instigated in 2012 led to the South Sudan parliament passing a motion for the ratification of the Maputo Protocol in 2014" (para 6-7).
Variables: NGOFW-DATA-1
"For almost 20 years, Equality Now supported women’s rights organizations under the Solidarity for African Women’s Rights (SOAWR) Coalition to advocate for the universal ratification of the Maputo Protocol across Africa. SOAWR member Steward Women and the Coalition of Civil Society on the Ratification of Maputo Protocol in South Sudan have steered the national campaign in South Sudan since 2012. Initial advocacy efforts Equality Now instigated in 2012 led to the South Sudan parliament passing a motion for the ratification of the Maputo Protocol in 2014" (para 6-7).
Jan. 9, 2025, 10:38 a.m.
Countries: South Sudan
Variables: LRW-PRACTICE-1
"5.43 million women and girls in South Sudan face a range of human rights violations rooted in multiple layers of violence and discrimination, including sexual abuse, harassment, intimidation, exclusion, and restrictions of movement, compounded by a lack of access to justice. Around 65% of women and girls experience physical or sexual violence in their lifetime, according to UNICEF, with the most common form being abuse by husbands or partners. For women, customary laws tend to prevail, with rape cases - where reported - handled by community elders. Impunity for perpetrators is also due to a weak legal system, consisting of a mixture of formal and customary laws" (para 4). This...more
Variables: LRW-PRACTICE-1
"5.43 million women and girls in South Sudan face a range of human rights violations rooted in multiple layers of violence and discrimination, including sexual abuse, harassment, intimidation, exclusion, and restrictions of movement, compounded by a lack of access to justice. Around 65% of women and girls experience physical or sexual violence in their lifetime, according to UNICEF, with the most common form being abuse by husbands or partners. For women, customary laws tend to prevail, with rape cases - where reported - handled by community elders. Impunity for perpetrators is also due to a weak legal system, consisting of a mixture of formal and customary laws" (para 4). This...more
Jan. 9, 2025, 10:38 a.m.
Countries: South Sudan
Variables: LRCM-PRACTICE-1
"For women, customary laws tend to prevail, with rape cases - where reported - handled by community elders. Impunity for perpetrators is also due to a weak legal system, consisting of a mixture of formal and customary laws" (para 4).
Variables: LRCM-PRACTICE-1
"For women, customary laws tend to prevail, with rape cases - where reported - handled by community elders. Impunity for perpetrators is also due to a weak legal system, consisting of a mixture of formal and customary laws" (para 4).
Jan. 9, 2025, 10:38 a.m.
Countries: South Sudan
Variables: UVAW-PRACTICE-1, IIP-PRACTICE-1
"5.43 million women and girls in South Sudan face a range of human rights violations rooted in multiple layers of violence and discrimination, including sexual abuse, harassment, intimidation, exclusion, and restrictions of movement, compounded by a lack of access to justice" (para 4).
Variables: UVAW-PRACTICE-1, IIP-PRACTICE-1
"5.43 million women and girls in South Sudan face a range of human rights violations rooted in multiple layers of violence and discrimination, including sexual abuse, harassment, intimidation, exclusion, and restrictions of movement, compounded by a lack of access to justice" (para 4).
Jan. 9, 2025, 10:38 a.m.
Countries: South Sudan
Variables: LRW-DATA-1, DV-DATA-1
"Around 65% of women and girls experience physical or sexual violence in their lifetime, according to UNICEF, with the most common form being abuse by husbands or partners" (para 4).
Variables: LRW-DATA-1, DV-DATA-1
"Around 65% of women and girls experience physical or sexual violence in their lifetime, according to UNICEF, with the most common form being abuse by husbands or partners" (para 4).
Jan. 9, 2025, 10:38 a.m.
Countries: South Sudan
Variables: DV-PRACTICE-1, DV-LAW-2, DTCP-PRACTICE-1, DTCP-LAW-1
"For women, customary laws tend to prevail, with rape cases - where reported - handled by community elders. Impunity for perpetrators is also due to a weak legal system, consisting of a mixture of formal and customary laws"`
Variables: DV-PRACTICE-1, DV-LAW-2, DTCP-PRACTICE-1, DTCP-LAW-1
"For women, customary laws tend to prevail, with rape cases - where reported - handled by community elders. Impunity for perpetrators is also due to a weak legal system, consisting of a mixture of formal and customary laws"`
Jan. 9, 2025, 10:38 a.m.
Countries: South Sudan
Variables: ATC-DATA-5
"On February 24, 2023, the President of South Sudan, H.E. Salva Kiir Mayardit, signed four international conventions into law, including the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights and the Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights on the Rights of Women in Africa (Maputo Protocol), one of the most advanced treaties on the protection of women’s and girls rights anywhere in the world. The movement toward the ratification of the Maputo Protocol by Africa’s youngest nation is a sign of meaningful progress toward realizing the rights of women and girls in South Sudan" (para 2-3). "The next step in the full ratification of the Maputo...more
Variables: ATC-DATA-5
"On February 24, 2023, the President of South Sudan, H.E. Salva Kiir Mayardit, signed four international conventions into law, including the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights and the Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights on the Rights of Women in Africa (Maputo Protocol), one of the most advanced treaties on the protection of women’s and girls rights anywhere in the world. The movement toward the ratification of the Maputo Protocol by Africa’s youngest nation is a sign of meaningful progress toward realizing the rights of women and girls in South Sudan" (para 2-3). "The next step in the full ratification of the Maputo...more
Dec. 31, 2024, 4:46 p.m.
Countries: Algeria, Bolivia, Cambodia, Chad, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Egypt, Eritrea, Haiti, Iran, Iraq, Lebanon, Mozambique, Nicaragua, Solomon Islands, South Sudan, Swaziland, Vanuatu, Venezuela
Variables: IRP-SCALE-1
16
Variables: IRP-SCALE-1
16
Dec. 4, 2024, 4:38 p.m.
Countries: Brunei, Egypt, Iran, Jordan, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Solomon Islands, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda
Variables: PW-LAW-1
"Legal and recognized" (para 18).
Variables: PW-LAW-1
"Legal and recognized" (para 18).
Aug. 10, 2024, 2:57 a.m.
Countries: South Sudan
Variables: MULTIVAR-SCALE-6
16.0
Variables: MULTIVAR-SCALE-6
16.0
July 15, 2024, 3:45 p.m.
Countries: South Sudan
Variables: IRP-PRACTICE-5
"In South Sudan, sex work, along with running or owning a brothel, living off the earnings of 'prostitution,' and enticing a woman into 'prostitution' are criminalized. And yet the trade, which includes hundreds of foreign and local women, has continued to grow" (para 4). "The video posted by South Sudanese officials also announced that 40 other people, mainly women accused of witchcraft or sex work, had been arrested. Three of these women reported being subjected to forced HIV tests at Juba central prison. Others were issued sentences of 6 months or fines of 50,000 South Sudanese pounds (400USD) and released" (para 6).
Variables: IRP-PRACTICE-5
"In South Sudan, sex work, along with running or owning a brothel, living off the earnings of 'prostitution,' and enticing a woman into 'prostitution' are criminalized. And yet the trade, which includes hundreds of foreign and local women, has continued to grow" (para 4). "The video posted by South Sudanese officials also announced that 40 other people, mainly women accused of witchcraft or sex work, had been arrested. Three of these women reported being subjected to forced HIV tests at Juba central prison. Others were issued sentences of 6 months or fines of 50,000 South Sudanese pounds (400USD) and released" (para 6).
July 15, 2024, 3:45 p.m.
Countries: South Sudan
Variables: IRP-PRACTICE-1
"Human Rights Watch’s research in numerous countries, including South Africa and Tanzania, has shown that criminalization leaves sex workers extra vulnerable to violence, including rape, assault, and murder. Their attackers see sex workers as easy targets, because they are stigmatized and unlikely to receive help from the police" (para 5).
Variables: IRP-PRACTICE-1
"Human Rights Watch’s research in numerous countries, including South Africa and Tanzania, has shown that criminalization leaves sex workers extra vulnerable to violence, including rape, assault, and murder. Their attackers see sex workers as easy targets, because they are stigmatized and unlikely to receive help from the police" (para 5).
March 31, 2024, 3:14 p.m.
Countries: Burma/Myanmar, Cambodia, Chad, China, Cuba, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Iran, Libya, Nicaragua, North Korea, Papua New Guinea, Russia, Somalia, South Sudan, Turkmenistan, Venezuela, Yemen
Variables: TRAFF-SCALE-1
4.0
Variables: TRAFF-SCALE-1
4.0
March 30, 2024, 10:05 p.m.
Countries: South Sudan
Variables: TRAFF-DATA-1
According to the U.S. State Department's 2023 TIP report, South Sudan ranks as a Tier 3 country (85).
Variables: TRAFF-DATA-1
According to the U.S. State Department's 2023 TIP report, South Sudan ranks as a Tier 3 country (85).
Feb. 11, 2024, 3:38 p.m.
Countries: South Sudan
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-2
"A UN panel of experts on human rights in South Sudan has called on the government to investigate and prosecute top officials for their alleged role in sexual violence. It said the government should immediately remove from office and investigate state governors and county commissioners linked to systematic rape" (para 2-3).
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-2
"A UN panel of experts on human rights in South Sudan has called on the government to investigate and prosecute top officials for their alleged role in sexual violence. It said the government should immediately remove from office and investigate state governors and county commissioners linked to systematic rape" (para 2-3).
Feb. 11, 2024, 3:38 p.m.
Countries: South Sudan
Variables: LRW-PRACTICE-1, SEGI-PRACTICE-1, GEW-PRACTICE-1
""Yasmin Sooka said the incidents of gang rapes have been happening from 2013" (para 1). "A UN panel of experts on human rights in South Sudan has called on the government to investigate and prosecute top officials for their alleged role in sexual violence. It said the government should immediately remove from office and investigate state governors and county commissioners linked to systematic rape" (para 2-3). "'Nowhere in the world do you find so many women who experience conflict by being repeatedly gang raped... while the men responsible are promoted and rewarded,' said Yasmin Sooka, the chairperson of the panel" (para 5). "'This year we have seen the most dehumanising...more
Variables: LRW-PRACTICE-1, SEGI-PRACTICE-1, GEW-PRACTICE-1
""Yasmin Sooka said the incidents of gang rapes have been happening from 2013" (para 1). "A UN panel of experts on human rights in South Sudan has called on the government to investigate and prosecute top officials for their alleged role in sexual violence. It said the government should immediately remove from office and investigate state governors and county commissioners linked to systematic rape" (para 2-3). "'Nowhere in the world do you find so many women who experience conflict by being repeatedly gang raped... while the men responsible are promoted and rewarded,' said Yasmin Sooka, the chairperson of the panel" (para 5). "'This year we have seen the most dehumanising...more
Feb. 11, 2024, 3:38 p.m.
Countries: South Sudan
Variables: LRW-PRACTICE-2
"A UN panel of experts on human rights in South Sudan has called on the government to investigate and prosecute top officials for their alleged role in sexual violence. It said the government should immediately remove from office and investigate state governors and county commissioners linked to systematic rape" (para 2-3). "'Nowhere in the world do you find so many women who experience conflict by being repeatedly gang raped... while the men responsible are promoted and rewarded,' said Yasmin Sooka, the chairperson of the panel" (para 5). "'This year we have seen the most dehumanising sexual violence in South Sudan for which the government bears responsibility because of its failure...more
Variables: LRW-PRACTICE-2
"A UN panel of experts on human rights in South Sudan has called on the government to investigate and prosecute top officials for their alleged role in sexual violence. It said the government should immediately remove from office and investigate state governors and county commissioners linked to systematic rape" (para 2-3). "'Nowhere in the world do you find so many women who experience conflict by being repeatedly gang raped... while the men responsible are promoted and rewarded,' said Yasmin Sooka, the chairperson of the panel" (para 5). "'This year we have seen the most dehumanising sexual violence in South Sudan for which the government bears responsibility because of its failure...more
Feb. 2, 2024, 6:33 a.m.
Countries: South Sudan
Variables: DV-DATA-1
According to 2022 data from the WHO's Global Health Observatory, the proportion of ever-partnered women and girls (aged 15-49) in South Sudan who have been subjected to physical and/or sexual violence by a current or former intimate partner in their lifetime is 41 percent (KMM-CODER COMMENT).
Variables: DV-DATA-1
According to 2022 data from the WHO's Global Health Observatory, the proportion of ever-partnered women and girls (aged 15-49) in South Sudan who have been subjected to physical and/or sexual violence by a current or former intimate partner in their lifetime is 41 percent (KMM-CODER COMMENT).