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Women’s changing role in South Sudan [Part 5]: beyond subsistence
JUBA - South Sudan has long touted agriculture as a key industry which can help diversify the country’s economy. To get beyond subsistence farming is a challenging task for many women.
A woman in Wonduruba is trained in ox ploughing as means to increase productivity (22.03.2007).
Women’s changing role in South Sudan:
[Part 1]: Obstacle customary laws[Part 2]: Obstacle high risk pregnancies[Part 3]: Empowering through crafts[Part 4]:
Obstacle inheritance lawsMany South Sudanese already rely on farming to provide food for their families, but the government is now encouraging farmers to produce food for sale in the country’s markets.
This report is the fifth part in a series about women, the challenges they face and their changing role in the South Sudanese society.
For Sudanvotes, Marvis Birungi met with one woman who has turned to small scale farming and has joined the country’s young agricultural sector:
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