امراه سودانيه و الوحيده من افريقيا تفوز بجائزه القيادات -ادوت دنك اشول

Quote: Fern Holland Award: Awut Deng Acuil Awut Deng Acuil has devoted her life to conflict resolution. Born and raised in South Sudan, she is all too familiar with regional hardship, national conflict, and personal loss – including the death of her husband. Yet throughout, she has met the brutality of war with a relentless commitment to peace. She says she first became an activist in 1994, as a refugee in Kenya. Her young son asked her how long the civil war in Sudan would last and when they could go home. As she put it, “I could not answer his questions. I had no idea when they could go home. The only way to answer was to take action, to contribute to ending the war, to create peace and to bring hope.” She began to travel throughout her country, advocating for peace. An expert trainer on conflict resolution, she helped make the New Sudan Council of Churches one of the most successful conflict mitigation organizations in Sudan. She was instrumental in the people-to-people peace processes that helped bridge tribal divides in the Bahr El Ghazal and Upper Nile regions. She also helped start the Sudanese Women Association in Nairobi and the Sudanese Women Voice for Peace, which mobilized women both inside and outside Sudan on behalf of peace and unity. Throughout, she has persistently championed women’s participation in charting their country’s future. Currently presidential adviser on gender and human rights to the Government of Southern Sudan, Ms. Deng has been recognized internationally for her inspirational leadership. As one of her countrywomen wrote in her honor,