South Sudan, the dignity of women in the photo reportage Only a woman

South Sudan, the dignity of women in the photo reportage Only a woman

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Despite hunger, poverty and violence, the women of South Sudan carry on with their lives with dignity. Only a woman is the reportage that shows all their strength.

In December 2013, South Sudan's president Salva Kiir accused former vice-president Riek Machar of having attempted a coup. The conflict quickly shifted from political to ethnic, pitting the Dinka and Nuer tribes against each other. As a result of this conflict, the displaced number more than 2.3 million (of whom 1.65 million are within the country), coming primarily from the northern states, such as Upper Nile and Unity, where the country's largest oil fields are located.

Rape as a weapon of war

A United Nations report of 12 March 2016 accused the government of having allowed soldiers to loot, kill civilians and rape women as a reward for their work. Since the start of the conflict, more than 50,000 civilians have been killed and more than 1,300 cases of rape have been recorded. Because now, in South Sudan, rape is a weapon of war.

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