"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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Ann Itto Leonardo
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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