Activists: Widespread Gender-Based Violence Persists in South Sudan [3:11]
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Gender-based violence, GBV, survivors and women's rights activists assert that various forms of gender-based violence, such as physical assault and forced marriages, continue to pose significant challenges for women in numerous communities in Jonglei State. One woman reveals that she experienced frequent beatings and was denied food after rejecting a marriage proposal from a relative of her late husband. Manyang David Mayar reports for VOA from Juba.