UN agencies in collaboration with the State Ministry of Gender and Gocial Welfare joins the rest of the world in celebrating the International Women’s Day in Rumbek.
Gender Based Violence or GBV Sub Cluster Coordinator, Mary Mathon told the gathering that women’s recognition worldwide came through hard work that some women underwent.
Mathon calls upon women to get prepared and work side by side with men for better and improved living conditions in the country.
The State Minister for Gender and Social Welfare, John Thon urges women in the country to be ambassadors of peace.
This year’s international women’s day was celebrated under the global theme: ‘Think equal, be smart and innovate for change’.