South Sudanese women in Gok area celebrated the new peace resolution despite that women’s participation in peacebuilding and conflict-resolution process in the country has been limited
South Sudanese women in Gok area celebrated the new peace resolution despite that women’s participation in peacebuilding and conflict-resolution process in the country has been limited.
The ceremony to celebrate a new peace agreement, signed by communities from Gok, took place at Mayath in the Rumbek region of South Sudan. The chiefs represented the Pagok, Pagor, Panchinyei and Panawuliol factions of the Dinka tribe, which have been embroiled in a long-running cycle of cattle raiding, child abduction and revenge attacks against each other.
Outside the circle of men, women sing celebratory songs. It is not an uncommon sight in South Sudan for women to be left on the periphery of processes like this rapprochement in Gok, despite often suffering the most from conflict. But today, they find it fitting to celebrate this peace agreement.
Despite all this suffering, women are kept at bay when it comes to conflict resolution initiatives. The United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) is now fighting to break this norm which is deeply rooted in the Dinka culture.
The Peacekeeping Mission initiated the dialogue process for the warrying factions and provided technical support in this conflict resolution process.
Different peace agreements have been reached to end intra and inter-communal violence in the different parts of the Lakes region in South Sudan. However, a number of these have been violated, resulting into deaths of thousands of South Sudanese. The facilitators of this peace agreement are however optimistic that this one will hold~UNMISS
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