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Mary Ayor, headwoman of Yei in South Sudan with defiant past

"Many women are forced into early marriages, and many girls end up suffering a lot. I am working very hard to empower my daughters so that they do not fall victim to early marriages."
There are many ways to describe Mary Ayor, but today we choose to describe her as defiant, a risk-taker, and audacious. Yet, no matter the words we choose, they hardly capture the essence of the woman who now serves as a headwoman in Yei County, South Sudan.