South Sudanese women plan sex strike to end civil war

The idea emerged after women delegates, including parliamentarians, met in the capital Juba this week to come up with ideas on how to "to advance the cause of peace".

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South Sudanese women plan sex strike to end civil war

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A group of women peace activists in South Sudan has suggested that men in the civil war-torn country be denied sex until they stop fighting.

The idea emerged after women delegates, including parliamentarians, met in the capital Juba this week to come up with ideas on how to "to advance the cause of peace", a report said.

A key suggestion was to "mobilise all women in South Sudan to deny their husbands conjugal rights until they ensure that peace returns," organisers said in a statement.

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Other proposals included finding ways to meet the wives of President Salva Kiir and his arch-rival, rebel chief Riek Machar, to "ask them to join the search for peace and reconciliation by impressing upon their husbands to stop the war".

Thousands of people have been killed and almost two million have fled the fighting between government troops, mutinous soldiers and tribal militia forces. Civilians have been massacred, patients murdered in hospitals and people killed while sheltering in churches.