Content_paragraphs:  The permanent ceasefire continued to hold in most parts of the country. Overall, 
  
  fewer security incidents were reported owing to widespread flooding. Increased 
  
  livelihood pressures, a result of economic deterioration owing to the COVID -19 
  
  pandemic, led to an increase in economically motivated violence and criminality, 
  
  
  
   
  S/2020/1180 
  
   
  
  5/19 20-16135 
  
   
  
  including heightened sexual and gender-based violence targeted in particular at young 
  
  girls, with a notable increase in forced child marriage and adolescent pregnancy. Job 
  
  demands and related violence are on the rise in Eastern Equatoria, Jonglei, Lakes, 
  
  Unity and Upper Nile. 
  
   
  
    Greater Upper Nile region