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Mama Phoebe Asiyo becomes first woman elder

Monday, 06 July 2009 11:57 Rosemary Okello

SHE has made many firsts and even as age catches up with her, she is not about to retire from her cause. This is the woman who has made great strides both within and without and this is why last weekend, she joined the great men of this nation when she was crowned an elder.

And in this celebration, tears of joy flowed down Mrs Phoebe Asiyo’s beautiful cheeks of as she was ‘crowned’ the first woman elder for her distinguished contribution to society.

Interview with Bruma Sirico Iro: Southern Women Solidarity for Peace and Development

Monday, 22 June 2009 12:10 Sudan Project

Immediately after the signing of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA), there was a joint assessment Mission was set up to see how financing and reconstruction of the country that was hard hit by 21 years of civil war would take place. The following is an Interview with Bruma Sirico Iro: Southern Women Solidarity for Peace and Developmentt.

Interview with Samia Ahmed Nihar: University of Khartoum, Gender and Development Unit

Monday, 22 June 2009 12:07 Sudan Project

Immediately after the signing of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA), there was a joint assessment Mission was set up to see how financing and reconstruction of the country that was hard hit by 21 years of civil war would take place. The following is an interview with Samia Ahmed Nihar: University of Khartoum, Gender and Development Unit

Interview with H.E. Betty Achan Ogwaro: State Minister for Agriculture and Animal Resources

Monday, 22 June 2009 11:57 Sudan Project

Immediately after the signing of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA), there was a joint assessment Mission was set up to see how financing and reconstruction of the country that was hard hit by 21 years of civil war would take place. The following is an interview with H.E. Betty Achan Ogwaro: State Minister for Agriculture and Animal Resources

Lorna Laboso - the pied piper for grassroot women and the youth

Friday, 18 July 2008 02:35 Rosemary Okello

The Late Lorna Laboso

“ A vote is like a rifle: its usefulness depends upon the character of the user”

Theodore Roosevelt Autobiography

These words spoke volumes then and even today as we mourn the departed Lorna Laboso, the MP of Sotik.

In her , the voters the more than 36508 voters saw that their votes will be useful and entrusted their votes with her because of her character of being tenacious, accomplisher and a woman of the people.

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