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SOUTH SUDAN / FEMALE POLICE OFFICERS
STORY: SOUTH SUDAN / FEMALE POLICE OFFICERS
TRT: 3:13
SOURCE: UNMISS
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH /NATS
DATELINE: 27 SEPTEMBER 2018, JUBA, SOUTH SUDAN
1. Various shots, Rwandan Female Police officers on the truck
2. SOUNDBITE (English) Teddy Ruyenzi, UN Policewoman from Rwanda:
“I see the presence of female police in FPU as very important and very necessary because it starts building confidence in these vulnerable women in the POC but also I think with time it will also build confidence for female police officers in South Sudan.”
3. Wide shot, UN patrol trucks in camp for displaced
4. Tracking shot, patrol truck going into camp
5. Wide shot, Rwandan Police officers in camp
6. SOUNDBITE (English) Chris Infoni Odong, Internally Displaced Person:
“We have to have female police officers. It is very good. It will help us because they are women. It is good to understand ourselves as women.”
7. Various shots, UN police with displaced
8. Close up, displaced woman with child
9. SOUNDBITE (English) Beena Thaker, Police Officer, UNMISS Police Gender, Child & Vulnerable People Protection:
“We are conducting consolation for their suffering. Sometimes the survivors commit suicide. We visited with you a lady who was not there but she tried to commit suicide last time but she survived so we give her consolation and meet with her so that she is okay and not ready to commit suicide again.”
10. Wide shot, UN Police Officers at medical facility
11. Med shot, IDP women at medical facility
12. Close up, New born baby
13. Med shot, Pregnant IDP woman
14. SOUNDBITE (English) Teddy Ruyenzi, UN Policewoman from Rwanda:
“It is very hard but we have to do it. We have to do it because it is an issue of empowerment, progress, we have to show that women, we can do any task that we have been given.
15. Wide shot, UN Police Officers at POC sites
16. Med shot, IDP women
17. SOUNDBITE (English) Teddy Ruyenzi, UN Policewoman from Rwanda:
“I am very proud and even to be a commander, an FPU commander, it is another thing that show that when a woman is given space and an opportunity she can handle everything, she can handle anything.”
18.Various shots, Rwandan Female Police in camp
Female members of the Rwandan Formed Police Unit swelter under the hot sun as they prepare for a patrol in the nearby UN protection site. They belong to a unit of 160 police officers serving with the United Nations Mission in South Sudan - fifty per cent are women.
SOUNDBITE (English) Teddy Ruyenzi, UN Policewoman from Rwanda:
“I see the presence of female police in FPU as very important and very necessary because it starts building confidence in these vulnerable women in the POC but also I think with time it will also build confidence for female police officers in South Sudan.”
On this patrol, the unit is accompanying fellow police officers who specialize in supporting women and children living among thousands of vulnerable civilians in the camp in the capital Juba. Their presence is particularly appreciated by the displaced women.
SOUNDBITE (English) Chris Infoni Odong, Internally Displaced Person:
“We have to have female police officers. It is very good. It will help us because they are women. It is good to understand ourselves as women.
First stop for the officers is the home of a woman with complicated health issues who has recently given birth. They are checking that both have the physical and emotional support they need.
Next visit is to the home of a woman suffering from domestic violence. She isn’t home, but officers speak to her neighbour to make sure she is okay.
SOUNDBITE (English) Beena Thaker, Police Officer, UNMISS Police Gender, Child & Vulnerable People Protection:
“We are conducting consolation for their suffering. Sometimes the survivors commit suicide. We visited with you a lady who was not there, but she tried to commit suicide last time, but she survived so we give her consolation and meet with her so that she is okay and not ready to commit suicide again.”
The officers also stop off at a medical facility to check if any cases of sexual violence have been reported. They also visit new mothers, including the proud mum of two-day old Yual. It reminds them how much they miss their own families back home.
SOUNDBITE (English) Teddy Ruyenzi, UN Policewoman from Rwanda:
“It is very hard but we have to do it. We have to do it because it is an issue of empowerment, progress, we have to show that women, we can do any task that we have been given.
The officers are urging women in the protection site to take leadership roles in the camp but also as champions for peace.
SOUNDBITE (English) Teddy Ruyenzi, UN Policewoman from Rwanda:
“I am very proud and even to be a commander, an FPU commander, it is another thing that show that when a woman is given space and an opportunity she can handle everything, she can handle anything.”
Given their own experience with conflict in Rwanda, the officers can empathize with the experience of the people of South Sudan after five years of civil war. They hope that their presence will enable other women to speak out and be empowered to achieve their own dreams.
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