Friday 23 December 2016

South Sudanese fashion initiative works to protect girls from early marriage



A Southern Sudanese effort called “Catwalk to Freedom” is using style and photography to help females and area avoid beginning and pressured wedding.

Nyagoa Nyuon, the creator of Designer to Independence, aims to increase knowing issues that impact area of Southern Sudan who were created and raised in war and issue.

According to Nyuon, “With the use of favor, Designer to Independence features the risks of beginning child years wedding that has pushed the area and females in Southern Sudan.”

Speaking in Nairobi at an event, Nyuon described, “This is made possible by capturing through Designer and recording short movies and stories of the younger girls’ life trips, who face the risks of beginning child years wedding.”

Portraits and art created by the venture can be bought and the money is used to finance girls’ knowledge, gaining ladies in Southern Sudan and Southern Sudanese refugees at Kakuma refugee camping.

She says group seniors are properly contacted before they choose ladies and the concern is mainly for the orphaned ones. Up to now the program has were able to hire ten ladies in total and three are already registered in highschool.

Nyuon says style revitalizes lost wish and self-esteem. She is positive that teaching area will help in lowering the high rate of beginning child years wedding in south Sudan.

“Invest in your ladies,” said a cheerful Nyuong.

Catwalk to Freedom’s strategy contains assisting ladies to pay off their dowries. “While some of the females playing Designer to Independence will use the world’s most popular style fashion runways to benefit their dowries, others will get involved in business and training programs in developing and fabrics to pay off their dowries,” the company describes on its Facebook or myspace page.

“The goal of Designer to Independence is to get rid of the hurdle of brideprices and allow Southern Sudanese ladies to make their own choices and begin writing a new tale for their own lives

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