SOUTH SUDAN: Women Organization appeals for Sustainable Peace to Eradicate Poverty
Source: CRN
Eve Organization for Women Development has appealed to the government of South Sudan and SPLM/A_IO to put down guns and boost efforts for poverty eradication.
Eve Programme Manager, Catherine Pita warned that the violence and fighting will never take the country forward at all and that it was important to now focus on reconstructing the country and eradicating poverty.
The appeal for durable peace and for poverty eradication was made during the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty which was marked under the theme: “Moving from humiliation and exclusion to participation: Ending poverty in all its forms”.
According to her inclusivity and solidarity could be employed as mechanisms for poverty eradication. Women were also encouraged to participate in agriculture, business as well as politics and decision as a way of getting themselves and other women out of poverty.
Eve Organization for Women Development works on empowering women against poverty by supporting livelihood projects such as honey business, goats’ rearing and cooperative business in Lirya County of Jubek State.
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