South Sudan still faced a lot of problems related to gender base violence against women due to lack of propagated laws to protect women status in the country although the leadership and the transitional constitution promises equally treatment of all citizens regardless of their gender. The country social organizations and the Ministry Gender, Child and Social Welfare attempts to draw the attention of the legislators both in national legislative assemblies and States but it seems that no proper laws that MPs enacted to protect us, said Atong Deng Utiak 16 years old girl in Western Bahr El Ghazal State who disagree with her parent over proposal to marry 34 years old businessman in the town. South Sudan remain among the worst countries in Africa which still practices force, early and inheritance marriages which prevented 60% of its women population according to 2010 household census to have access to education due to early and forces marriages that interference with education pursue said, Utiak who is in primary eight level and expresses her will to continue education up to University before having decide to marry to any man of her choice. She recognized the efforts that made by the Minister of Gender, Child and Social Welfare Agnes Kwaje Lasuba who had attended International Women Day (IWD) celebration in the 8th of March in Wau football stadium as part of campaigns and brought along with her female officials in the government. We still remembered her key messages during that celebration of 8th march of 2012 calling South Sudanese women and men to work hand in hand to lift the country out of worst situation of women marginalization based on gender negligence. this the first year of 99 years that marked womens struggle for emancipation from men, pointed that we the women and girls in the Republic of South Sudan joint our sisters worldwide in the celebration and we are hereby saying aloud and clear that: 1. You men eliminate discrimination against women. 2. You men treat women as equal partners. 3. You men stop marginalization, oppression, sub ordination and abuse of women. 4. You men make the world a peaceful place with justice, democracy and equality for both women and men and these messages are strong and worth to be mentioned in order for our government, especially the lawmakers in our parliament to have propagating the laws that deter an action against women across the country, she emphasis. Josephine Linda, 18 years old girl confirm early and forceful marriage in South Sudan as an outrage that need strong law and judiciary system to punish thoroughly those who reluctant to give it up, pointed that the practices has force hundred of girls to rebel against their parents and engage in prostitution to support themselves if the parents opted to cut financial support. The population of girls compare to boys across the country is higher, and with these backwardness practices that hamper the progress of 60% that constituted the country population, we feel that our country will not prosper unless our government redress the root causes of these ugly acts by punishing those are not willing to compliance, said Linda. According to Fatima Mahmoud a female MP in Western Bahr El Ghazal Legislative Assembly she express that the assembly is doing it best to ensure that the law that curtail all forms of gender base violence in the State are pass, meanwhile pointed lack of law sensitizations in the rural areas where these practices occur mostly. There is a need to engage with all the leaders at all levels as an initiative to end the practices in the country and urges the Ministry of General Education and Instruction to produce texts that incorporate gender issues, said Mahmoud. Our national theme this year in International Women Day is Women working together to end violence, is big and challenging responsibilities placed upon us. Why women? Women are, hardworking, committed, and resilient, determined as well as they were struggle along with men during civil war that give birth to nationhood South Sudan said Rebecca Adut in Bahr El Ghazal University college of Economics and Social Studies. Women are more exposed to HIV/AIDS Women are more expose to dangerous diseases in South Sudan due to low level of awareness of HIV/AIDS and other sexual transmitted diseases as negative of being have no access to education, said Adut. Hundred of our men nowadays are indulged themselves in to dangerous business of an immorality that imported to us here by our neighbors from East Africa countries particular such as sex workers which has become more rampant across the country with proper medical examine, said one of women who asks not to mentioned her name. Our government need to prevent such activities in this country otherwise South Sudan will face health risky since its masses are not well- informed cited 70% level of illiteracy according to household census report in 2010.
