Angelina Nyajima Simon Jial is the Founder and Executive Director of Hope Restoration South Sudan. Hope Restoration is a Women-Rights organization it was formed on 23 March 2010 in Unity State. It advocates for the rights of women and children including ending gender-based violence and early child marriage; keeping girls in school; improving women’s standard of living; investing in food security and livelihoods; empowering women to be peacebuilders. Angelina has chaired the National NGO Forum for two terms and represents national NGOs on the UN Humanitarian Country Team (HCT) in South Sudan. She is a member of the National Education Council; Strategic Advisory Group for the Protection Cluster Member; and the GBV Cluster in South Sudan. She was in New York to address Security Council on 8 of March 2019 on the issues of SGBV in South Sudan and lack of accountability particularly the Bentiu incident where over 150 women and Girls were raped during food distribution and most especially when going to collect firewood.
Email: nyajima1985@gmail.com