South Sudan: The Scars of Gender-Based Violence Run Deep in South Sudan - but So Does the Will to Heal

South Sudan: The Scars of Gender-Based Violence Run Deep in South Sudan - but So Does the Will to Heal

BAHR EL GHAZAL REGION, South Sudan - Tucked between mango trees in a compound in Wau, a town in the western Bahr el Ghazal region of South Sudan, stands a quiet shelter. On the parched earth, colourful toys are scattered around. A set of swings sways gently in the breeze. But rather than tokens of childhood, these are signs of its interruption.

The scars of gender-based violence run deep in South Sudan – but so does the will to heal

BAHR EL GHAZAL REGION, South Sudan – Tucked between mango trees in a compound in Wau, a town in the western Bahr el Ghazal region of South Sudan, stands a quiet shelter. On the parched earth, colourful toys are scattered around. A set of swings sways gently in the breeze. But rather than tokens of childhood, these are signs of its interruption.