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Ann Itto Leonardo Quotes

Ann Itto Leonardo is a South Sudanese politician. She was previously the Minister of Agriculture and Forestry for the South Sundanese government, as well as the acting secretary-general of the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement.

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Being a female politician in a highly patriarchal society such as South Sudan is never easy. But more and more women are breaking down the gender-related barriers that held their predecessors back.

Our political parties are not creating enough forums for women to understand who they are. I am trying to say women are watching every political party in South Sudan.

If we train our people and take this seriously, it will save South Sudan money because you will not spend money again to train people because you will use the money paid as membership fees.

In my mind, as a child at that time, the only way to escape poverty was to go to school. It was at that time that I decided to commit myself to school.

The support we have has to go through the national parliament; those are constituencies of the national parliament. Whatever program we get, we have to work with the national parliament.

Our women in the rural areas will be engaged by the national parliament in Juba because we cannot work directly with them because we are a regional parliament.

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Ann Itto Leonardo (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.