Young women, rights groups push for action on Anti-GBV bill
Young women and women’s rights organisations are calling for renewed action to advance South Sudan’s delayed Anti-Gender-Based Violence (GBV) Bill, saying stronger laws are needed to improve women’s access to protection and justice. The call came during a four-day consultative workshop in Juba reviewing progress and challenges surrounding the Anti-GBV Bill, Maputo Protocol and Family […]
Women’s groups renew pressure on long pending ant-GBV bill
Women’s rights organizations and youth advocates in South Sudan have renewed pressure on the government to fast-track the long-pending Anti-Gender-Based Violence (GBV) Bill, warning that continued delays are leaving women and girls without adequate legal protection. The renewed push follows a high-level follow-up meeting between civil society actors and the Ministry of Gender, Child and […]
Women leaders demand action on family and anti-GBV bills
Women leaders across South Sudan have issued a powerful communiqué calling on the government to urgently pass the long-delayed Family Bill and Anti-GBV Bill. The group warned that stalled legal reforms continue to undermine women’s rights and protection. The statement came at the close of the National Gender Forum, held from November 5th to 7th […]
