NBGS Women To Demonstrate Today A group of women in Northern Bahr el Ghazal state (NBGS) on Friday confirmed they are mobilizing for a peaceful protest on the streets of the state capital Aweil. 27 January 2014
By Abraham Agoth *AWEIL, 27 January 2014 [Gurtong] - *The women include high ranking officers in the civil society organizations and other female intellectuals in a small group on Friday handed a requests for approval of their protests from the government institutions especially police and security. The women said they were planning for a peaceful rally on Monday which should have been this week but the process was delayed. “We are preparing for Monday as a convenient date for all women to march on the streets of this town to show our rejection to hostilities and rampant killing of our beloved citizens of South Sudan,” a woman who declined to be named said. “As mothers of these citizens, we would like to show our concerns of these deaths and request for immediate suspension.” The marching will be from Aweil al Madina to Freedom square where the women would hand over their petition to the relevant state authorities. The women said they would be putting on white T-shirts to symbolize peace. Posted in: Home<http://www.gurtong.net/ECM/Editorial/tabid/124/ctl/CategoryView/mid/519/categoryId/1/Home.aspx> , Governance<http://www.gurtong.net/ECM/Editorial/tabid/124/ctl/CategoryView/mid/519/categoryId/6/Governance.aspx> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "South Sudan Info - The Kob" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/SouthSudanKob/CAJb14oo1uQNAsgLJh5AdymuZ%3DEugmknvJU9hDfcEgL303og6DQ%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
