Month: July 2016

Gender Alert: Committee to review Sudan’s Muslim Personal Law Act 1991

SIHA highly welcomes the formation of a special committee initiated by the Sudanese Ministry of Justice and supervised by judge Hassan Hussen Sharfie, to review and amend the Muslim Personal Law Act of Sudan 1991. The Committee will include  members from different institutions such as the Islamic Fiqh Academy, Khartoum University, Omdurman Al-Islamia University, and Al-Quran …

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SIHA Gender Alert: Sit Al Shai at risk in Khartoum

On Monday 12th July, Akhair Lhaza a Khartoum based newspaper published  an interview with Ahmed Abu Shanab, Commissioner of Khartoum/Mothamad, who was stating that “ after 15 days from now  street vendors across Khartoum will be banned  from working  in public areas in Khartoum.” The street vendors will then according to him, be assigned booths within market areas. Many women …

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Open Position: SIHA Editing Coordinator Women in Islam Journal

The Strategic Initiative for Women in the Horn of Africa (SIHA Network) is looking for an Editing Coordinator for the Women in Islam Journal Working Hours: Part time; 25 hours a week Starting Date: Immediately- 3 months with possibility for extension Location: Kampala Background: The SIHA Women in Islam is a newly born publication, with …

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SIHA Film screening “Men as Allies” in Khartoum

On 22nd June 2016, the French Embassy in Khartoum in collaboration with SIHA Network organized a film-screening of the SIHA short documentary “Men as Allies”. Participants of the SIHA Project and protagonists of the documentary were present in addition to around 20 people from different segments of society. Following the film-screening, an open debate took …

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SIHA Uganda: Opening the Black Box

Militant ideologies of Islam, have left Muslim communities in despair, of frequently being linked to attacks and being discriminated for their faith and appearance. Youth, being at a critical stage in their development process, therefore present a certain vulnerability to both being drawn into militant movements, and of experiencing a deep sense of marginalization and …

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Escaping the heat into the fire: Migration of Ethiopian women domestic workers to the Gulf countries

Migrant domestic workers in the Middle East and Gulf countries are ranked, with Filipinos at the top commanding the highest salaries, followed by Indonesian and Sri Lankan women, and African women at the bottom. The region has a deeply rooted culture of discrimination against people of African descent. Ethiopia is one of the most populous …

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The Struggle for Justice and Equality

KAMPALA, 4th-10th April: The surge of political and militant interpretations of Islam in the Eastern and Horn of Africa has had major implications on the lives of populations and communities across the region. Muslims in the Horn and Eastern Africa are caught between being victims of the irrationality of militant interpretations and political Islam, misperceptions …

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