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SOUTH SUDAN / GENDER BASED VIOLENCE
STORY: SOUTH SUDAN / GENDER BASED VIOLENCE
TRT: 2:42
SOURCE: UNMISS
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGES: ENGLISH / NUER / NATS
DATELINE: 31 OCTOBER 2017, BOR, SOUTH SUDAN / 19 NOVEMBER 2017, BENTIU, SOUTH SUDAN / 09 NOVEMBER 2017, JUBA, SOUTH SUDAN / 18 MAY 2017, ABUROC, SOUTH SUDAN
31 OCTOBER 2017, BOR, SOUTH SUDAN
1. Wide shot, IDP in POC site
2. Med shot, woman cooking
3. Close up, woman cooking
4. Close up, scars from bullets
5. SOUNDBITE (NUER) Internally Displaced Woman:
“We face a lot of challenges, when you are collecting firewood or cutting charcoal, women are facing the problem of rape. In the family also, we see the men now have become very aggressive because of the war, so they do not even defend the rights of the woman.”
19 NOVEMBER 2017, BENTIU, SOUTH SUDAN
6. Wide shot, women walking at the POC site
7. Wide shot, women carrying firewood
8. SOUNDBITE (NUER) Internally Displaced Woman:
“In the beginning of the rainy season, we went to collect firewood in the bush. We were attacked by SPLA Dinka men, marked like this, they opened fire on us so we prayed to God and no one was injured and we ran to the POC.”
09 NOVEMBER 2017, JUBA, SOUTH SUDAN
9. Wide shot, women carrying firewood
19 NOVEMBER 2017, BENTIU, SOUTH SUDAN
10. Wide shot, women carrying firewood
11. SOUNDBITE (NUER) Internally Displaced Woman:
“We are afraid, but what can we do?”
12. Med shot, woman carrying firewood with children
18 MAY 2017, ABUROC, SOUTH SUDAN
13. Wide shot, IDP settling
14. SOUNDBITE (NUER) Internally Displaced Woman:
“Our husbands, they are the ones abusing and fighting outside. They think only about killing, they do not think about the women and the children or care about responsibility. They left for us all the responsibility and burden of taking care of children.”
19 NOVEMBER 2017, BENTIU, SOUTH SUDAN
15. Med shot, women
16. Close up, women
17. SOUNDBITE (NUER) Internally Displaced Woman:
“So, those are the problems that occur in the family, the men decide to beat the women. So, at the time when I am in POC now, the beating is no longer there because the man is in the village.”
18. Various shots, training women
19. SOUNDBITE (English) Benedetta Odorisio, Human Rights Officer, United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS):
“This is the job of human rights. If the rights of women are violated, either by an institution, the traditional court, the police the SPLA, you can report it to us and we can support you with whoever you are facing problems.”
20. Various shots, training women
21. SOUNDBITE (English) Hiroko Hirihara, Head of Field Office in Bentiu, United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS):
“There are no more quiet women.”
Many women in South Sudan carry the burden of raising their families alone.
Their husbands are dead, fighting on the frontlines, or they have simply lost each other during the ongoing conflict.
These women have seen and suffered so much violence.
SOUNDBITE (NUER) Internally Displaced Woman:
“We face a lot of challenges, when you are collecting firewood or cutting charcoal, women are facing the problem of rape. In the family also, we see the men now have become very aggressive because of the war, so they do not even defend the rights of the woman.”
Tens of thousands of women have fled to UN Protection of Civilians sites, seeking sanctuary for themselves and their children. Many collect and sell firewood to support their family - a dangerous occupation in this country.
SOUNDBITE (NUER) Internally Displaced Woman:
“In the beginning of the rainy season, we went to collect firewood in the bush. We were attacked by SPLA Dinka men, marked like this, they opened fire on us so we prayed to God and no one was injured and we ran to the POC.”
Despite the efforts of peacekeepers to protect them, they have no option but to risk their lives to support their family.
SOUNDBITE (NUER) Internally Displaced Woman:
“We are afraid but what can we do?”
Some resent the risks they are forced to take because of the war and lack of support.
SOUNDBITE (NUER) Internally Displaced Woman:
“Our husbands, they are the ones abusing and fighting outside. They think only about killing, they do not think about the women and the children or care about responsibility. They left for us all the responsibility and burden of taking care of children.”
This woman’s husband is 70 – 40 years older than her. He has five wives.
Despite the physical hardships, life inside the protection site is better than living back home with him.
SOUNDBITE (NUER) Internally Displaced Woman:
“So, those are the problems that occur in the family, the men decide to beat the women. So, at the time when I am in POC now, the beating is no longer there because the man is in the village.”
The protection site also provides an opportunity for women to come together to express their fears about issues like forced and early marriage and domestic violence. They also get practical support to take action against abusers.
SOUNDBITE (English) Benedetta Odorisio, Human Rights Officer, United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS):
“This is the job of human rights. If the rights of women are violated, either by an institution, the traditional court, the police the SPLA, you can report it to us and we can support you with whoever you are facing problems.”
The common goal here on the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women is to empower all women and put an end to the violence against them.
SOUNDBITE (English) Hiroko Hirihara, Head of Field Office in Bentiu, United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS):
“There are no more quiet women.”
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