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Women’s Rights

South Sudan
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    1. Women shall be accorded full and equal dignity of the person with men.
    2. Women shall have the right to equal pay for equal work and other related benefits with men.
    3. Women shall have the right to participate equally with men in public life.
    4. All levels of government shall:
    a. promote women participation in public life and their representation in the legislative and executive organs by at least twenty-five per cent13 as an affirmative action to redress imbalances created by history, customs, and traditions;
    b. enact laws to combat harmful customs and traditions which undermine the dignity and status of women; and
    c. provide maternity and child care and medical care for pregnant and lactating women.
    5. Women shall have the right to own property and share in the estates of their deceased husbands together with any surviving legal heir of the deceased. (Art. 16)