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STORY: SOUTH SUDAN / GENDER BASED VIOLENCE
TRT: 3:29
SOURCE: UNMISS
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGES: ENGLISH / NATS
DATELINE: 18 JUNE 2019, JUBA, SOUTH SUDAN
1. Tilt down, meeting room
2.Pan right, meeting room
3.Med shot, participant of the workshop
4.Close up, South Sudan woman police officer
5.Close shot, hand writing
6. SOUNDBITE (ENGLISH) Captain Najore Paul Josephine, South Sudan National Police Service:
“I will be using this knowledge to address my fellow women in uniform and also those who are not in organized forces to tell them how important we are, so we are equal to the men whatever we have, let us come up as women; let our voices be heard as women let’s stand for peace.”
7.Med shot, meeting table
8.Med shot, participant of the workshop
9. SOUNDBITE (ENGLISH) Lieutenant General James Pui Yel, Inspector General of South Sudan National Police Service:
“They have a very big role to play in combating gender-based violence. We know the victims of gender-based violence, who are mainly women, sometimes they have confidence in women like them. So, if they deal with those victims, those victims will be much more opened than when they are interviewed or investigated by male police. So, it is very important for them to understand what the problems associated with gender-based violence [are], so that they are able to deal with [them] in a very forceful way.”
10.Various shots, UN police
11. SOUNDBITE (English) Emmy Coelho, United Nations Police Women’s Network Coordinator:
“We need to consider also that the police environment is majority male, and I am talking about even for my own Country – [it] is majority male, so we have that male idea. So, to put the female officers to fight for their rights is not so easy because there is sometimes this culture of adhere that we need to go through. And sometimes the culture is really hard to cross. So because of that I think we have a long process to go through but we can do this; [it] is not impossible.”
12.Med shot, UN police giving lessons
13.Med shot, participants listening and taking notes
14.SOUNDBITE (English) Doreen Mazuba Malambo, UN Police Gender Advisor:
“Once they engage in the community activities it means that it will be like a bush-fire because every woman will be determined may be to reach out to two or ten women at a go. Therefore, by the time, before we realize [it] we would know that each and every woman in South Sudan has gotten information on how they can protect themselves from this harmful practice of sexual and gender-based violence within the society.”
15.Various shots, UNMISS mandate presentation
The room is entirely full of women from various organized forces – most from the South Sudan National Police Service and others from the Prisons Service, the fire brigade, the Wildlife Services and the Immigration.
This is a first. Having come together at this Women’s Peace and Security Workshop to discuss how they can enhance women’s participation in the security sector, they are curious to know how they can all benefit, as they listen to various speakers explaining various roles and responsibilities of women in various areas of South Sudan’s peace process.
Some speakers focused on South Sudan’s 35 percent affirmative action for women under the revitalized peace process and various ways of combatting various forms of gender-based violence.
SOUNDBITE (ENGLISH) Captain Najore Paul Josephine, South Sudan National Police Service:
“I will be using this knowledge to address my fellow women in uniform and also those who are not in organized forces to tell them how important we are, so we are equal to the men whatever we have, let us come up as women; let our voices be heard as women let’s stand for peace.”
A senior Police officer noted the role of the women in peace and security saying that women have the influence to help resolve problems with an impact.
SOUNDBITE (ENGLISH) Lieutenant General James Pui Yel, Inspector General of South Sudan National Police Service:
“They have a very big role to play in combating gender-based violence. We know the victims of gender-based violence, who are mainly women. sometimes they have confidence in women like them. So, if they deal with those victims, those victims will be much more open than when they are interviewed or investigated by male police. So, it is very important for them to understand what the problems associated with gender-based violence [are], so that they are able to deal with [them] in a very forceful way.”
The workshop which has been organized by the United Nations Mission in South Sudan acknowledges the cultural challenges within the country and various communities.
SOUNDBITE (English) Emmy Coelho, United Nations Police Women’s Network Coordinator:
“We need to consider also that the police environment is majority male, and I am talking about even for my own Country – [it] is majority male, so we have that male idea. So, to put the female officers to fight for their rights is not so easy because there is sometimes this culture of adhere that we need to go through. And sometimes the culture is really hard to cross. So, because of that I think we have a long process to go through but we can do this; [it] is not impossible.”
It is hoped therefore that this engagement will give a voice to the women to speak about their challenges, while helping to sow seeds that will uplift communities nationwide.
For the fifty women participating in this two-day workshop, it is also hoped they can meet at least 10 community leaders, who can then in turn meet others while growing the numbers of those getting educated.
SOUNDBITE (English) Doreen Mazuba Malambo, UN Police Gender Advisor:
“Once they engage in the community activities it means that it will be like a bush-fire because every woman will be determined may be to reach out to two or ten women at a go. Therefore, by the time, before we realize [it] we would know that each and every woman in South Sudan has gotten information on how they can protect themselves from this harmful practice of sexual and gender-based violence within the society.”
During the first day of the workshop, participants also listened to various presentations on the Mandate of the United Nations Mission in South Sudan and various aspects of Human Rights, while also listening to presentations on various impacts of these on women.
