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 …

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

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 …

SIHA Gender Alert: Sit Al Shai at risk in Khartoum Read More »

SIHANET Update on Wau State

SIHA wishes to provide an update on the current situation in Wau State, which has in the past months experienced continuous outbreaks of violence and unrest. What is likely to have started as a local protest is increasingly becoming a mobilization of greater significance, with militia groups conducting larger operations. The Government has countered these …

SIHANET Update on Wau State Read More »

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 …

SIHA Film screening “Men as Allies” in Khartoum Read More »

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 …

SIHA Uganda: Opening the Black Box Read More »

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 …

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