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Direct Link to Full 12-Page 2014 Research Report:
THE GIRL HAS NO RIGHTS: GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE IN SOUTH SUDAN – SURVEY REPORT
The report presents a shocking picture of the extent of
gender-based violence in the conflict-stricken country of South Sudan, based on
a survey of women's experiences of gender-based violence and an analysis of the
effect of the subsequent months of fighting, violence and displacement.
The baseline survey shows that many categories of gender-based
violence are pervasive and engrained in social norms and practices. With the
onset of the conflict, the situation has deteriorated dangerously, with rape
and sexual violence being used as a weapon of war, and women and girls even
more vulnerable to abuse in the aftermath of fighting.
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UNICEF - http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=49589#.VI3spnktFMs
SOUTH SUDAN – YEARS OF CONFICT HAVE STOLEN A WHOLE GENERATION OF
CHILDREN - GIRLS
A young displaced girl starts crying after the relative she
was with disappears.
12 December 2014 – The scale of the crisis
facing children in South Sudan is “staggering” according to the United Nations
Children’s Fund (UNICEF), which warned
today that the future of an entire generation of the country’s children was
being “stolen” by the year-long conflict. Since violence erupted in December
2013, almost 750,000 children have been internally displaced, with 320,000 more
living as refugees. UNICEF says
that approximately 400,000 children were missing school, 12,000 reported as
being used by armed forces and groups, and children were subject to violence,
malnutrition and disease……..
The Guardian – December 8, 2014 - http://www.theguardian.com/global-development/gallery/2014/dec/08/south-sudanese-displaced-in-pictures
SUDAN/SOUTH SUDAN - About 30,000 people have fled the
violence along the border between Sudan and its southern neighbour, South
Sudan, and sought refuge in the disputed 23km buffer zone known as Mile 14, in
South Sudan’s Northern Bahr el Ghazal state. The conflict and the treacherous
terrain make it hard to get humanitarian aid to people in need
Aciriin Deng, 27, is seven months pregnant. Clean drinking
water is rare in Kiir Adem and there is constant shoving and pushing near the
boreholes. The day before this picture was taken, Deng was kicked in the back
while queueing for water. Since then, her unborn baby has not moved. The
nearest clinic is a day trip away, but she has no money to pay for transport
In Pamat, women and children queue outside a primary
healthcare facility operated by Médecins sans Frontières (MSF). This is one of
the few places in the Aweil region where those who have found refuge after
fleeing the violence along the border can seek medical care. Malaria is
widespread during the rainy season. But many patients, because of the vast
distances, poor roads and inadequate healthcare facilities, get help too late.