Women farmers in South Sudan find their groove: Making decisions and leading the fight against hunger
Adut, a young mother at 29 with eight children lives in a small village in South Sudan’s Gogrial West County, a part of Warrap State. The third of four children, she was raised by single mother in a cattle camp. “I wish my mother had the opportunity to study like us. We would be better off and my elder brother would not have joined and died in the army”, Adut sadly shares. She knew education would have made a difference in their lives.“Our uncles took advantage of the situation and forced me into marriage at 14. They took the 30 heads of cattle that were offered as a dowry for themselv...
Source: wvi.org