{"id":48351,"date":"2023-11-27T16:27:15","date_gmt":"2023-11-27T16:27:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/law-society-conducts-gbv-awareness-sessions-in-mauna-area"},"modified":"2023-11-27T17:18:03","modified_gmt":"2023-11-27T17:18:03","slug":"law-society-conducts-gbv-awareness-sessions-in-mauna-area","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/law-society-conducts-gbv-awareness-sessions-in-mauna-area","title":{"rendered":"Law Society conducts GBV awareness sessions in Mauna area"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – South-Sudan. <\/strong><\/span>Residents of Juba\u2019s Hai Mauna area have concluded that majority of Gender-Based Violence cases in South Sudan are not being reported due to fear of stigma and lack of proper confidentiality.<\/p>\n

Rape and child marriage emerged as the most alarming cases of gender-based violence during the community awareness program conducted by South Sudan Law Society (SSLS) and Legal Action Worldwide (LAW), as South Sudan marks 16 Days of Activism against GBV.<\/p>\n

The European Union (EU) funded project drew more than 100 Mauna residents.<\/p>\n

Oliver Taban from SSLS said the community awareness session was to inform the public about the work of the Justice Confidence Centre (JCC).<\/p>\n

\u201cThese awareness sessions help communities to understand the basic concepts of gender-based violence and the service providers,\u201d he stated.<\/p>\n

Taban stressed the need to develop and strengthen legal aid services specializing in tackling cases related to GBV in the country.<\/p>\n

According to a 2018 study, violence against women and girls in South Sudan remains an endemic problem inhibiting the full participation of women in decision making at the community economy and society in general.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere is an acute need to improve women\u2019s knowledge of their rights, and opportunities for them to demand, access and enforce their rights,\u201d it noted.<\/p>\n

Mauna area chief, Bidal Fraizer said gender bias and the culture of impunity explains the low rate of reporting gender-based violence cases.<\/p>\n

\u201cPoverty also leads to more gender-based violence, including child marriage, often for bride price, sexual exploitation and abuse, or limited access to sexual and reproductive health rights,\u201d he said on Saturday.<\/p>\n

Bidal, however, stressed the need for people to report gender-based violence but they become more conservative in the South Sudan society where women do not report anything to do with rape or even GBV cases.<\/p>\n

Jennifer Elimani, a facilitator, said GBV is deeply rooted in gender inequality, harmful social and gender norms and a highly patriarchal community and legal systems, compounding violence against women.<\/p>\n

\u201cGBV is driven by discriminatory social norms and power inequalities between men and women and compounded by a highly patriarchal legal system and the use of customary laws that often condone GBV,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

Elimani called for provision of in-depth training to targeted influencers in the communities and more awareness raising on GVB and its consequences.<\/p>\n

For her part, Mary John, a resident of the Mauna area, emphasized the need to put in place and support customary courts to handle and refer GBV-related cases.<\/p>\n

Up to 90 % of GBV cases are heard in customary courts presided by older male judges who have deeply ingrained patriarchal views, and which generally condone domestic violence, a study conducted by SSLS showed.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis discourages women from seeking justice, but it also leads to women accusing their husbands of excessive abuse to being sentenced and sometimes being punished more harshly than their husbands,\u201d it stressed.<\/p>\n

South Sudan accounts for the second highest prevalence case of GBV in the East Africa region.<\/p>\n

According to a 2018 study, substantial proportions of women (aged 15-64) in South Sudan experience gender-based violence either in the form of physical (34.0%) or sexual (13.5%) violence in their lifetime.<\/p>\n

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