SOUTH SUDAN / YOUTH ENVOY WOMEN
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STORY: SOUTH SUDAN / YOUTH ENVOY WOMEN
TRT: 4:11
SOURCE: UNMISS
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH/NATS
DATELINE: 27 JANUARY 2020, JUBA, SOUTH SUDAN
SHOTLIST:
1. Various shots, arrival at the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sports
2. Various shots, meeting
3. Wide shot, conference room, youth making presentation
4. Wide shot, UN Secretary General’s Envoy on Youth, Jayathma Wickramanayake
5. Med shot, woman leader writing
6. Various shots, presentation
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Riya Yuyada, Crown the Women:
“The most people who suffer [are] the girls and the women. I ask myself why are women called as second participants rather than first?”
8.Various shots, presentation ongoing
9. SOUNDBITE (English) Regina Ossa Lullo, Director General Ministry of Gender Child and Social Welfare:
“We are working on ending child marriage, because child marriage is causing a lot of havoc for small girls below the age of 18, because they will be forced out of education to get married, yet they are still children, that is why we developed a road-map to end child marriage by 2030, so that the number of women that are educated increase in South Sudan.”
10. Wide shot, youth listening
11. SOUNDBITE (English) Jayathma Wickramanayake, UN Secretary General’s Envoy on Youth:
“When we talk about young women’s involvement, when we talk about girl’s empowerment, it is very important to see it as young women and girls as right holders, as equal partners and those who have in their own right their own lived experience and expertise that they can bring to their families, to their communities and to South Sudan as a country as a whole.”
12. Various shots, youth listening
13. Wide shot, youth presenting portrait painting to UN Secretary General’s Envoy on Youth, Jayathma Wickramanayake
14. Various shots, adolescent youth interviewing UN Secretary General’s Envoy on Youth, Jayathma Wickramanayake
15. SOUNDBITE (English) Huda Izdin, Adolescent Journalist:
“In my community, when the rest of the members like these young youth when they fight and abuse each other I cool them down and I advise them [on] the importance why – if all of us are one nation and one people, why should we all behave like brothers and sisters by not quarrelling [with] each other, fighting [with each other].”
16. Wide shot, panel discussing in progress at Juba University
17. Various shots, UN Secretary General’s Envoy on Youth, Jayathma Wickramanayake in conversation
18. SOUNDBITE (English) Nyaboth Paska Alfried, Representing Women:
“Changes start from us. Unless we change our attitude towards the contribution of women, the contribution of individuals in this society, we are not moving anywhere.”
19. Various shots, UN Secretary General’s Envoy on Youth, Jayathma Wickramanayake engaging with youth
20. SOUNDBITE (English) Jayathma Wickramanayake, UN Secretary General’s Envoy on Youth:
“I found the conversation on gender to be very inspirational because you recognized that there was lack of representation of women, but you are also here to claim that space and to say that we do not accept this, we protest this, and we will not let this happen in the future. So that is how we achieve progress. First we recognize there is a problem, there is an issue when it comes to gender representation, there is an issue when it comes to freedom of expression, there is an issue when it comes to space for civil society, we first acknowledge there is an issue and then we find common solutions. So if we become ignorant to the existence of the issues in the first place then we are not going to find solutions.”
21.Med shot, youth Listening
STORYLINE:
UN Secretary General’s Envoy on Youth Jayathma Wickramanayake met with young South Sudanese on her trip to the country. They told her about their hopes that lasting peace can be achieved in the world’s youngest nation.
First on the agenda was a meeting at the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sports, where the UN Envoy on Youth sought to understand how South Sudan’s government can help young people promote peace and security in the conflict-affected country.
At the launch of a 1.5 million-dollar UN-funded peace project, young people spoke about their efforts to be ambassadors for peace. The focus throughout the day was on the role that women can play in the peace process, given the commitment to 35 per cent representation in the peace deal signed by parties in September 2018.
Riya Yuyada from the Crown the Women said, “the most people who suffer [are] the girls and the women. I ask myself, why are women called as second participants rather than first?”
A senior official explained the government’s role in giving women and voice, particularly efforts to improve access to education and tackling illiteracy.
Regina Ossa Lullo, Director General Ministry of Gender Child and Social Welfare said,
“we are working on ending child marriage, because child marriage is causing a lot of havoc for small girls below the age of 18, because they will be forced out of education to get married, yet they are still children, that is why we developed a road-map to end child marriage by 2030, so that the number of women that are educated increases in South Sudan.”
Seventy per cent of South Sudan’s population are under the age of 30 and about 40 per cent are women, according the country’s last census. Taking note of this, the visiting Youth Envoy urged those present to unite in a strong collective movement for peace led by women.
She said, “when we talk about young women’s involvement, when we talk about girl’s empowerment, I think it is very important to situate young women and girls as right holders, as equal partners and those who have, in their own right, their own lived experience and expertise that they can bring to their families, to their communities and to South Sudan as a country as a whole.”
Jayathma Wickramanayake is in the country on a week-long visit to see the challenges for South Sudanese youth first-hand and to encourage them to take charge of their own futures.Some youth spoke about how they are making a difference.
Huda Izdin, a youth journalist, said, “in my community, when the rest of the members like these young youth, they used fight and abuse each other I cool them down and I advise them [on] the importance of why – if all of us are one nation and one people, why should we all behave like brothers and sisters by not quarrelling [with] each other, fighting [with each other].”
The day came to a close with a lively panel discussion at the city’s main university.
Nyaboth Paska Alfried, from Representing Women said, “change start from us. Unless we change our attitude towards the contribution of women, the contribution of individuals in this society, we are not moving anywhere.”
The youth were encouraged to take advantage of all available opportunities.
The Youth Envoy said, “I found the conversation on gender to be very inspirational because you recognized that there was lack of representation of women, but you are also here to claim that space and to say that we do not accept this, we protest this, and we will not let this happen in the future. So that is how we achieve progress. First we recognize there is a problem, there is an issue when it comes to gender representation, there is an issue when it comes to freedom of expression, there is an issue when it comes to space for civil society, we first acknowledge there is an issue and then we find common solutions. So if we become ignorant to the existence of the issues in the first place then we are not going to find solutions.”
TRT: 4:11
SOURCE: UNMISS
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH/NATS
DATELINE: 27 JANUARY 2020, JUBA, SOUTH SUDAN
SHOTLIST:
1. Various shots, arrival at the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sports
2. Various shots, meeting
3. Wide shot, conference room, youth making presentation
4. Wide shot, UN Secretary General’s Envoy on Youth, Jayathma Wickramanayake
5. Med shot, woman leader writing
6. Various shots, presentation
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Riya Yuyada, Crown the Women:
“The most people who suffer [are] the girls and the women. I ask myself why are women called as second participants rather than first?”
8.Various shots, presentation ongoing
9. SOUNDBITE (English) Regina Ossa Lullo, Director General Ministry of Gender Child and Social Welfare:
“We are working on ending child marriage, because child marriage is causing a lot of havoc for small girls below the age of 18, because they will be forced out of education to get married, yet they are still children, that is why we developed a road-map to end child marriage by 2030, so that the number of women that are educated increase in South Sudan.”
10. Wide shot, youth listening
11. SOUNDBITE (English) Jayathma Wickramanayake, UN Secretary General’s Envoy on Youth:
“When we talk about young women’s involvement, when we talk about girl’s empowerment, it is very important to see it as young women and girls as right holders, as equal partners and those who have in their own right their own lived experience and expertise that they can bring to their families, to their communities and to South Sudan as a country as a whole.”
12. Various shots, youth listening
13. Wide shot, youth presenting portrait painting to UN Secretary General’s Envoy on Youth, Jayathma Wickramanayake
14. Various shots, adolescent youth interviewing UN Secretary General’s Envoy on Youth, Jayathma Wickramanayake
15. SOUNDBITE (English) Huda Izdin, Adolescent Journalist:
“In my community, when the rest of the members like these young youth when they fight and abuse each other I cool them down and I advise them [on] the importance why – if all of us are one nation and one people, why should we all behave like brothers and sisters by not quarrelling [with] each other, fighting [with each other].”
16. Wide shot, panel discussing in progress at Juba University
17. Various shots, UN Secretary General’s Envoy on Youth, Jayathma Wickramanayake in conversation
18. SOUNDBITE (English) Nyaboth Paska Alfried, Representing Women:
“Changes start from us. Unless we change our attitude towards the contribution of women, the contribution of individuals in this society, we are not moving anywhere.”
19. Various shots, UN Secretary General’s Envoy on Youth, Jayathma Wickramanayake engaging with youth
20. SOUNDBITE (English) Jayathma Wickramanayake, UN Secretary General’s Envoy on Youth:
“I found the conversation on gender to be very inspirational because you recognized that there was lack of representation of women, but you are also here to claim that space and to say that we do not accept this, we protest this, and we will not let this happen in the future. So that is how we achieve progress. First we recognize there is a problem, there is an issue when it comes to gender representation, there is an issue when it comes to freedom of expression, there is an issue when it comes to space for civil society, we first acknowledge there is an issue and then we find common solutions. So if we become ignorant to the existence of the issues in the first place then we are not going to find solutions.”
21.Med shot, youth Listening
STORYLINE:
UN Secretary General’s Envoy on Youth Jayathma Wickramanayake met with young South Sudanese on her trip to the country. They told her about their hopes that lasting peace can be achieved in the world’s youngest nation.
First on the agenda was a meeting at the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sports, where the UN Envoy on Youth sought to understand how South Sudan’s government can help young people promote peace and security in the conflict-affected country.
At the launch of a 1.5 million-dollar UN-funded peace project, young people spoke about their efforts to be ambassadors for peace. The focus throughout the day was on the role that women can play in the peace process, given the commitment to 35 per cent representation in the peace deal signed by parties in September 2018.
Riya Yuyada from the Crown the Women said, “the most people who suffer [are] the girls and the women. I ask myself, why are women called as second participants rather than first?”
A senior official explained the government’s role in giving women and voice, particularly efforts to improve access to education and tackling illiteracy.
Regina Ossa Lullo, Director General Ministry of Gender Child and Social Welfare said,
“we are working on ending child marriage, because child marriage is causing a lot of havoc for small girls below the age of 18, because they will be forced out of education to get married, yet they are still children, that is why we developed a road-map to end child marriage by 2030, so that the number of women that are educated increases in South Sudan.”
Seventy per cent of South Sudan’s population are under the age of 30 and about 40 per cent are women, according the country’s last census. Taking note of this, the visiting Youth Envoy urged those present to unite in a strong collective movement for peace led by women.
She said, “when we talk about young women’s involvement, when we talk about girl’s empowerment, I think it is very important to situate young women and girls as right holders, as equal partners and those who have, in their own right, their own lived experience and expertise that they can bring to their families, to their communities and to South Sudan as a country as a whole.”
Jayathma Wickramanayake is in the country on a week-long visit to see the challenges for South Sudanese youth first-hand and to encourage them to take charge of their own futures.Some youth spoke about how they are making a difference.
Huda Izdin, a youth journalist, said, “in my community, when the rest of the members like these young youth, they used fight and abuse each other I cool them down and I advise them [on] the importance of why – if all of us are one nation and one people, why should we all behave like brothers and sisters by not quarrelling [with] each other, fighting [with each other].”
The day came to a close with a lively panel discussion at the city’s main university.
Nyaboth Paska Alfried, from Representing Women said, “change start from us. Unless we change our attitude towards the contribution of women, the contribution of individuals in this society, we are not moving anywhere.”
The youth were encouraged to take advantage of all available opportunities.
The Youth Envoy said, “I found the conversation on gender to be very inspirational because you recognized that there was lack of representation of women, but you are also here to claim that space and to say that we do not accept this, we protest this, and we will not let this happen in the future. So that is how we achieve progress. First we recognize there is a problem, there is an issue when it comes to gender representation, there is an issue when it comes to freedom of expression, there is an issue when it comes to space for civil society, we first acknowledge there is an issue and then we find common solutions. So if we become ignorant to the existence of the issues in the first place then we are not going to find solutions.”
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