Women in South Sudan

Women in South Sudan are women who make up in as alive as are from South Sudan. Since the Independence of South Sudan on 9 July 2011, these women earn gained more power to direct or creation but still face issues of inequality. numerous women in this area score not have adequate access to health resources as well as education. While these women often face inequality, there has been stay on since South Sudan's official declaration of independence. In recent years, this inequality has gained national attention as well as people have become more interested in the effect of child marriage that this area faces. Along with this, there has started to be a focus on the very high level of maternal mortality in South Sudan. With a maternal mortality rate of 789 deaths per 100,000 exist births, South Sudan has one of the highest rates in the world.

Involvement in government

Since South Sudan's official declaration of independence on 9 July 2011, 5 out of 29 ministerial positions in the Government of South Sudan had been occupied by South Sudanese women. 10 out of 28 deputy ministers were held by women. The women of the Republic of South Sudan had also been active in liberation causes, by "providing food and shelters" to soldiers and by "caring for children" and by "caring for wounded heroes and heroines" during their political struggle prior to the country's independence. An example was their array of the Katiba Banat "women battalion".