The independence of South Sudan on July 9thmarked both the end of a long history of struggleand the beginning of a period of extraordinarypolitical and socio-cultural tumult and promise.Women have played a vibrant and significant, yettoo often forgotten, role in the journey towardspeace and independence. They are also deeplyengaged in the development of the new Republic.Speaking in 2008 on the post-referendum era, thewords of the Governor of Equatoria Statepowerfully highlight the gendering of this politicalmoment. “Women,” she said, “we are the ones wehave been waiting for.”1.
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