Jackcilia Salathiel, the National Women's Coordinator at the South Sudan Council Churches’ National Women's Program, shares her story of courage as a human rights lawyer and gender justice advocate in South Sudan. 

The South Sudan Council Churches, SSCC, is one of KAIROS' Women of Courage Global partners. As an ecumenical body of the Catholic and Protestant churches SSCC works to diffuse violence and lay the groundwork for lasting peace and at the same time empower women and girls and address gender injustice.

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KAIROS and some of our Women of Courage partners, examine gender justice work and the impacts of collaborative partnerships with women-led grassroots organizations that advance transformative gender and ecological justice.

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