Welcome to SSWEN

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	Lilian Riziq Director and founder of the South Sudan Women's Empowerment Network. Lilian is an RN-ADN currently a student at the Arizona State University, majoring in Public Health and Non-profit Leadership Management, Lilian is currently works actively to promote and bring awareness about Sudanese women�s health, rights and the Darfurian conflict. In particular she has sought to highlight the injustices faced by women Darfur and to alleviate key issues caused by poor women�s rights and a lack of gender equality and respect.


	Lily Akol Lily Akol holds a BA in French and English Language from the University of Khartoum and is currently studying for a MA in corporate and organizational communication at the Fairliegh Dickenson University, New Jersey. She has worked as a financial aid coordinator at Princeton University and has worked teaching and advocating for Sudanese refugee communities in Cairo, Egypt.


	Agnes Oswaha Agnes Oswaha holds a BA in Law, society and Justice and in Political Science from the University of Washington, Seattle. She is currently in the Master of Social Work program examining the links between post-conflict trauma and domestic violence amongst the Sudanese refugee community in Washington State. Agnes studied Law in Khartoum before she was forced to leave the country in 1998 and had worked there to secure Southern Sudanese student�s rights at Al-Nileen University. In Washington State she worked for several years for the North West Immigrant Rights Project defending and assisting immigrants to Washington State.


	Bonnie Lloyd Bonnie has worked with Sudanese refugees in Arizona for the past seven years. She is on the Board of a number of organizations including SSWEN, The Esther Company, T.I.L.T. (Teens In Literacy Training) and the Worldwide Perspectives Program. She has worked for several 501(c)3 organizations including; Aktion Komitee fur Verfolgte Christen (Frankfurt, Germany), the Association of International Mission Services - AIMS (Virginia Beach, VA), Faith Community Church (Phoenix, AZ), and the Living Water of the Valley Church (Phoenix, AZ).