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]
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][12]
The Sudan Tribune describes her as "a quiet but conservative lawmaker."[16]
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.[17][18][19] He was arrested in 2013 and placed under house arrest,eventually fleeing to exile in Nairobi.[20]
Her daughter Keni Peter Adwok Nyaba was a diplomat for South Sudan.[21]
↑ Hope, pain & patience: the lives of women in south Sudan. Bubenzer, Friederike., Stern, Orly. Auckland Park, South Africa: Jacana Media. 2011. ISBN978-1-920196-36-3. OCLC749335172.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
↑ Verwijk, Margret (2012). Is peace not for everyone? narratives on a struggle for peace, equality and development in Sudan. Rotterdam. ISBN978-94-6169-220-7. OCLC934961111.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
↑ "Kiir instructed justice minister designate to approve $600m for land acquisition". Sudan Tribune. 2013-08-12.
↑ Ngere Päciko, Joseph (2013-08-12). "South Sudan parliament shall never be the same again". Sudan Tribune.
↑ Nyaba, Peter Adwok (2019). South Sudan: Elites, Ethnicity, Endless Wars and the Stunted State. Dar es Salaam, Tanzania: Mkuki na Nyota. ISBN978-9987-08-387-9. OCLC1102327254.
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