March 2020

MAKE HER VISIBLE: CORONAVIRUS PREVENTION ADVICE IS BLIND TO THE REALITIES OF THE WOMEN OF SOMALILAND’S INFORMAL ECONOMY

Photography Credit: SIHA Archives The latest global warnings and protection guidance regarding Coronavirus (COVID-19) have been, in our view, largely a conversation among the privileged. The risk mitigation afforded by these prevention measures leaves out those who do not have access or only have limited access to 1) information 2) sanitizers/disinfectants, and 3) soap and …

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Statement of Solidarity: We demand accountability for the brutality by Ugandan law enforcement agents

Released on 29th March 2020 On Thursday 26th March 2020, a group of women street vendors who had been selling food items wereattacked and beaten by law enforcement officials, police officers and Local Defense Units (LDUs). The attack took place not long after President Museveni’s directive,[1] which prohibits the sale of non-food items in markets. …

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CORONAVIRUS DOS AND DON’TS ARE BLIND TO URBAN POOR WOMEN’S REALITIES IN SOMALIA

Photography Credit: AMISOM Public Information, 2016 SIHA Network is a regional network that works with urban poor women in shanty, peripheral settlements in addition to internally displaced, migrant women and girls across the greater Horn of Africa. The latest global warnings and protection guidance regarding Coronavirus (COVID-19) have been, in our view, largely a conversation …

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HOW APPLICABLE ARE CORONAVIRUS DOS AND DON’TS FOR WOMEN IN PRISONS, IDP/POC CAMPS, AND URBAN POOR COMMUNITIES IN SOUTH SUDAN?

Photography credit: SIHA Archives SIHA Network is a regional network that works with women and girls across the Horn of Africa, including those residing in Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) receiving sites, Protection of Civilians (POCs) camps, prisons, and urban poor communities. The latest global warnings and protection guidance regarding Coronavirus (COVID-19) have been, in our …

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DOS AND DON’TS: CORONAVIRUS RESPONSE ADVICE DOES NOT SEE THE REALITY OF WOMEN IN SUDAN

Artwork by Hussein Mirghani The latest global warnings and protection guidance regarding Coronavirus (COVID-19) have been, in our view, a conversation amongst the privileged. The risk mitigation afforded by these prevention measures leaves out those who do not have access or only have limited access to 1) information 2) sanitizers/disinfectants, and 3) soap and clean …

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CORONAVIRUS: UGANDA NEEDS A ROBUST RESPONSE PLAN TO SUPPORT WOMEN IN THE INFORMAL ECONOMY

Photography Credit: SIHA Archives SIHA Network is a regional network that works with urban poor women in shanty, peripheral settlements in addition to internally displaced, migrant women and girls across the greater Horn of Africa. The latest global warnings and protection guidance regarding Coronavirus (COVID-19) has been, in our view, largely a conversation among the …

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CORONAVIRUS DOS AND DON’TS ARE BLIND TO URBAN POOR WOMEN’S REALITIES

Photography Credit: SIHA Archives SIHA Network is a regional network that operates among women in urban slum communities and IDP and migrant women and girls across the greater Horn of Africa. The latest global warnings and protection guidance regarding Coronavirus (COVID-19) have been, in our view, largely a conversation among the privileged. The risk mitigation …

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HUMAN RIGHTS CONDITIONS OF FEMALE DETAINEES AND PRISONERS IN SUDAN

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GENDER BRIEFING – SUDAN

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GENDER BRIEFING – ETHIOPIA

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