Our women in the rural areas will be engaged by the national parliament in Juba because we cannot work directly with them because we are a regional p… - Ann Itto Leonardo

We need to provide leadership; this is number one, and also participating fully and taking care of our own interests. It is not just about our presence, but there are training opportunities in customs, trade, finance and banking system, and so forth.

Our political parties are not creating enough forums for women to understand who they are. I am trying to say women are watching every political party in South Sudan.

The support we have has to go through the national parliament; those are constituencies of the national parliament. Whatever program we get, we have to work with the national parliament.