Abuk Payiti Ayik

Abuk Payiti Ayik is a South Sudanese politician. She is a member of the country's Transitional National Legislative Assembly, representing the Sudan People's Liberation Movement and leading the Gender, Social Welfare, Youth, and Sports Committee.

Payiti was involved in promoting women's rights during the peace process before South Sudan's independence.

Political career

Before independence, Abuk Payiti represented Malakal, a Sudanese border area that was disputed between north and south, in the Southern Sudan Legislative Assembly. She was also involved with the body's gender committee.[1][2][3]

She helped advocate for women's needs throughout the peace process and during the writing of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement with the government of Sudan.[4][5][6]

Payiti is affiliated with the Sudan People's Liberation Movement and has been involved with its Women Commission.[7][8][9]

After independence, she became a representative of Malakal County in Upper Nile State in the National Legislative Assembly. She has served in the legislature as chair of the committee on Gender, Social Welfare, Youth & Sports and later as chair of the Health committee.[7][10][11]

As an advocate for women's rights, Payiti has also been involved in the South Sudan Women General Association and Sudanese Women Empowerment for Peace, serving as director of the latter's gender desk for the southern sector.[12][13][14]

The Sudan Tribune describes her as "a quiet but conservative lawmaker."[15]

Personal life

Payiti is married to Peter Adwok Nyaba, a fellow politician who previously served as the country's minister of higher education, science, and technology.[16][17][18] He was arrested in 2013 and placed under house arrest, eventually fleeing to exile in Nairobi.[19]

Her daughter Keni Peter Adwok Nyaba was a diplomat for South Sudan.[20]

References
  1. Simon, Scott (2009-04-18). "Can Peace Between North And South In Sudan Last?". NPR. Retrieved 2021-01-05.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  2. McCrummen, Stephanie (2009-04-26). "Southern Sudan finds civil war has strong roots". Sarasota Herald-Tribune. Retrieved 2021-01-05.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  3. Hope, pain & patience : the lives of women in south Sudan. Bubenzer, Friederike., Stern, Orly. Auckland Park, South Africa: Jacana Media. 2011. ISBN 978-1-920196-36-3. OCLC 749335172.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
  4. Ali, Nada Mustafa (2005). "Endangering peace by ignoring women". Forced Migration Review. Retrieved 2021-01-05.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  5. "Towards Achieving the MDGs in Sudan: Centrality of Women's Leadership and Gender Equality" (PDF). Government of Norway. 2005.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  6. Soma, Esther (2020). Our Search for Peace: Women in South Sudan's National Peace Processes, 2005–2018 (PDF). UN Women.
  7. "Transitional Legislative Assembly of Southern Sudan". Gurtong. 2020-11-20. Retrieved 2021-01-05.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  8. "South Sudan MP accuses leader of SPLM breakaway party of links to militia goup". BBC Monitoring Middle East. 2010-05-05.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  9. "Upper Nile Peace Conference [draft report]". Sudan Open Archive. 2003-06-30. Retrieved 2021-01-05.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  10. "Parliament rejects debate on budget over unpaid salaries". Radio Tamazuj. 2019-06-21. Retrieved 2021-01-05.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  11. "TNLA Speaker Kumba names chairpersons, deputies of specialized committees". Radio Tamazuj. 2022-01-03. Retrieved 2022-07-20.
  12. Vuni, Isaac (2009-05-31). "S. Sudan women's association elects leader". Sudan Tribune. Retrieved 2021-01-05.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  13. Elamin Ahmed, Mawahib Mohamed (December 2014). "The Women's Movement in Sudan From Nationalism to Transnationalism: Prospects for a Solidarity Movement" (PDF). York University.
  14. Verwijk, Margret (2012). Is peace not for everyone? narratives on a struggle for peace, equality and development in Sudan. Rotterdam. ISBN 978-94-6169-220-7. OCLC 934961111.
  15. "Kiir instructed justice minister designate to approve $600m for land acquisition". Sudan Tribune. 2013-08-12.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  16. Warner, Gregory (2014-01-06). "How I Almost Got Arrested With A South Sudanese Ex-Minister". NPR. Retrieved 2021-01-05.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  17. Warner, Gregory (2014-05-05). "South Sudan's Unrest Turns Politicians To Rebels, Tents To Homes". Aspen Public Radio. Retrieved 2021-01-05.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  18. Ngere Päciko, Joseph (2013-08-12). "South Sudan parliament shall never be the same again". Sudan Tribune.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  19. Nyaba, Peter Adwok (2019). South Sudan: Elites, Ethnicity, Endless Wars and the Stunted State. Dar es Salaam, Tanzania: Mkuki na Nyota. ISBN 9987-08-387-0. OCLC 1102327254.
  20. Achayo, Hellen (2016-04-08). "Diplomat dies in Belgium". Eye Radio. Retrieved 2021-01-05.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.