Month: May 2013

South Sudanese Woman Violently Murdered by Husband Reinforces the Harsh Brutality of Domestic Violence

On Tuesday 21st May, Joyce Fernando was brutally murdered by her husband, Dr Amos Cleto, in Wau Town, Western Bahr El Ghazal, South Sudan. Dr Cleto attacked Joyce, breaking her arms before raping and murdering her and finally dismembering the body. The body was found hours after the murder following a phone call by Dr Cleto to family members of both Joyce and himself.

SIHA welcomes its new Board of Directors for the year 2013/2014

The Strategic Initiative for Women in the Horn of Africa is pleased to announce and welcome its new board members. The members were elected at the just concluded General Assembly that was held on the 10th and 11th May 2013 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Zahra Mohamed Ahmed from Somali Women Development Center was elected Chair …

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Statement on the Deaths of Professor Mohamed Mahmoud Afrah and Abdikarin Hussein Gorod

15th April 2013 It is with great sadness that Strategic Initiative for Women in the Horn of Africa (SIHA) has learnt of the brutal deaths of Professor Mohamed Mahmoud Afrah, Head of Somali Lawyers Association and Abdikarin Hussein Gorod Lower, lawyer and human rights defender, both of whom were affiliated to SIHA member organisation, the …

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