Championing Disability Rights in South Sudan
Women Agency for Resilience and Transformation
A women led NGO dedicated to building women’s resilience through empowering them and building their capacity.
By Elizabeth Pennington
For Patricia Laduma Egan, becoming an advocate for persons with disabilities in South Sudan was seen more as an opportunity to elevate the voices for those frequently marginalised. In sharing her story, she hopes it will serve as an opportunity to spark deeper conversation about the rights of persons with disability; to share that, in her words: “???????????????????? ???? ?????? ??????????????????.”
Patricia, like our other beneficiaries within our Transitional Justice project were we are partnered with the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), has been supported with training on truth, reconciliation and healing, community sensitisation and awareness; as well as conflict-resolution. Through the organisation ?????????? ???????? ?????????????????????? ???????????????????????? in Torit, Eastern Equatoria, were she sits as Executive Director, she seeks to raise the awareness about inclusive rights for all persons with disabilities; to increase their participation in society.
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Through valuable contributions within our radio talk shows, where Patricia has been particularly vocal on the topic of seeking inclusive rights engagement for persons with disabilities, is a timely discussion and one which needs to be continually addressed.
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Patricia went on to say:
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It is through projects such as WART’s Transitional Justice project, with the support of our partners UNMISS and UNDP and with the assistance from community members, that we can sensitise the public to know that these rights, as stated in the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, protect such people who live with disability, in South Sudan and within the wider global society.