Lainya County Commissioner said it was not easy to be a female commissioner because as a woman she needed to attend to many other things.
Huda Michael Laila told Radio Easter through a phone call that as female she had to maintain her family, support the community as a role model and contribute for the development of the country and Central Equatoria.Mama Huda said although women had the right to work many did not have a job due to lack of education.
She decried domestic violence so much rooted into the male culture of South Sudan.
The Commissioner urged men to help women in domestic chores to easy the burden of feeding and caring for the family.
Mama Huda lamented rampart raping.
She urged the national ministry of Gender to prepare a law to keep girls at school.
Mama Huda lamented that justice was still dominated by men and asked for lawyers to defend women in cases of violence.
The commissioner pointed out that the theme for the Women’s Day was designed to show the situation of women.
She urged her sisters to campaign for their rights and to address their challenges and advocate for women in the rural areas.