NATIONWIDE: Using the Law to Confront Gender-Based Violence in South Sudan

Today’s conversation focuses on how legal frameworks can be used to combat gender-based violence in South Sudan, a challenge that remains widespread, from domestic abuse to violence linked to conflict and communal tensions. Joining me online is Dr. Akuch Kuol Anyieth, a legal scholar whose work centres on gender-based violence and legal interventions.

Dr. Akuch has taught and published extensively on issues including gender-based violence, trauma, masculinity, and social reform. She has worked for many years in Australia and is currently a research fellow at the Centre for the Study of the Afterlife of Violence and Reparative Quest at Stellenbosch University in South Africa. Internationally recognised for her advocacy, she is a recipient of the Excellence in Justice Award and the La Trobe University Distinguished Alumni Award.