May, 2015 - SIHA

The spreading militancy and Islamic Salafism in the Horn of Africa threatens women’s dignity: Statement to the ACHPR 56th ordinary summit

Banjul, April, 2015 Honorable Chairperson, Commissioners, the Secretary of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights and distinguished participants, The Strategic Initiative for Women in the Horn of Africa (SIHA) is highly concerned about the rapid spread of religious militancy and Salafism in the Horn of Africa, and specifically for the plight of women, …

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A Report to The Comission of Inquiry on Human Rights in Eritrea

Eritrea / By siha

This report provides narratives, gathered during formal and informal conversations and focus group discussions with Eritrean men and women who recently fled the country. It presents testimonies of mass migration of Eritreans through illegal and often undocumented channels, of Eritrea’s heavy-handed crack down on human rights work and civil society, lack of voter-centered approaches to …

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Somalia Comment: Killing of Hindia Haji Mohamed

Somalia / By siha

On December 3rd Hindia Haji Mohamed a mother of 5 children, who worked as journalist for a state-run radio station and TV channel in Mogadishu has lost her life, after bomb which was planted underneath the seat of her car, exploded. Hindia was the widow of a former journalist who also died in 2012 restaurant …

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Skills Development for Eritrean Women (EWDA) in Uganda

Eritrea, Uganda / By siha

Due to the low job opportunities and the lack of a minimum wage, most of the Eritrean refugees in the country are dependent on family members or relatives living abroad. SIHA supported the Eritrean Women for Development Association (EWDA), a SIHA member, with a small grant to economically empower the low-income women. Thirteen women from …

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May 2015

The spreading militancy and Islamic Salafism in the Horn of Africa threatens women’s dignity: Statement to the ACHPR 56th ordinary summit

A Report to The Comission of Inquiry on Human Rights in Eritrea

Somalia Comment: Killing of Hindia Haji Mohamed

Skills Development for Eritrean Women (EWDA) in Uganda

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