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Statement by the Strategic Initiative for Women in the Horn of Africa (SIHA Network) on Ethiopia – (no. OBS/433)

Ethiopia, Ethiopia, News, Statement / SIHA

Your Excellency, Honourable Commissioner Mudford Zachariah Mwandenga, 
The Strategic Initiative for Women in the Horn of Africa (SIHA) is a regional feminist network with over 200 member organizations working across South Sudan, Sudan, Uganda, Ethiopia, and the Somali region. We welcome this opportunity to address the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights (ACHPR) this session. 
We wish to bring to your attention the deeply worrying situation of women and girls in Ethiopia.

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Statement Submitted by the Strategic Initiative for Women in the Horn of Africa Network for the 69th Session of the Commission on the Status of Women

Ethiopia, Ethiopia, News, Somalia, South Sudan, Statement, Sudan, Sudan / SIHA

The Horn of Africa region has a history of complex peace and security issues driven by governance challenges and regional geopolitics, leading to prolonged and renewed cycles of conflicts. As a result, the region has seen high levels of sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) and conflict-related sexual violence (CRSV) against women and girls. Statistics show that 42% of women in the region have experienced some form of physical or…

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YOUR GUIDE TO SEXUAL CONSENT AND ASSUALT

Ethiopia, Ethiopia, Horn of Africa Region, Publications, SIHA Gender Alert, Somalia, Somalia, Somaliland, South Sudan, South Sudan, Sudan, Sudan, Uganda, Uganda / SIHA

Consent is not just a buzzword.

DidYouKnow April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month?

NATIONAL CALL FOR JUSTICE

Ethiopia, Ethiopia, News, Press Release / SIHA

Gender Based Violence (GBV) remains a pressing concern in Ethiopia, as highlighted by an Online Survey conducted by SIHA Network in August 2024 with 84 respondents from diverse backgrounds. The survey, which informed the Network’s advocacy strategy for Ethiopia, revealed that 54.8% of respondents consider GBV the most critical issue for women’s rights advocates.

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Illuminating shadows: The untold impact of the Sudan conflict on Ethiopian and Eritrean Refugees

Eritrea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Ethiopia, Publications, Sudan, Sudan / SIHA

The Sudan conflict isn’t just affecting its citizens, Ethiopian and Eritrean refugees are bearing the brunt too! For decades, Sudan hosted refugees fleeing conflict and persecution from their countries, including over 125,000 Eritreans and 69,500 Ethiopians.

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Press Statement: Ethiopian women speak out on conflict and peace in the country

Ethiopia, News, Press Release / SIHA

We are a diverse group of women from various parts of Ethiopia who promote women’s rights advancements and sustainable peace and security in our country.

Since women play a significant role in nation building and peace-making processes, we would like to articulate our concerns, present our demands and make recommendations in light of the current worrying situation in the country.

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Women human rights defenders from Somalia and Ethiopia awarded for their astounding work

Ethiopia, Horn of Africa Region, News, Press Release / siha

SUPPORT SIHA’S WORK ACROSS THE REGION Fadwo Hassan Jimale, a women rights activist working with the Somali Women and Child Care Association in Somalia and Teyiba Yassin of the Yitawek Timret Coalition in

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We Stand With You – A statement of solidarity

Ethiopia, Horn of Africa Region, News, Press Release / siha

We, as African Women Activists with our regional and global partners, write this statement in a rapidly changing context as the conflict that started in the Tigray region in November

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STATEMENT FROM CIVIL SOCIETIES IN ETHIOPIA ON THE COMMEMORATION OF PAN AFRICAN WOMEN’S DAY

Ethiopia, Horn of Africa Region, News, Press Release, Statement / siha

On July 31st, Africa celebrates the 59th Pan African Women’s Day, which was established to recognize and affirm the role of women organizing for the political freedom of Africa and

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SIHA WOMEN HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS AWARDS – 2021

Ethiopia, News, Press Release, Somalia / siha

INTRODUCTION Despite challenging socio-political environments across the Horn of Africa, women human rights defenders continue to engage in significant change and transformation in the field of women’s rights, gender equality

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Statement by the Strategic Initiative for Women in the Horn of Africa (SIHA Network) on Ethiopia – (no. OBS/433)

Statement Submitted by the Strategic Initiative for Women in the Horn of Africa Network for the 69th Session of the Commission on the Status of Women

NATIONAL CALL FOR JUSTICE

Illuminating shadows: The untold impact of the Sudan conflict on Ethiopian and Eritrean Refugees

Press Statement: Ethiopian women speak out on conflict and peace in the country

Women human rights defenders from Somalia and Ethiopia awarded for their astounding work

We Stand With You – A statement of solidarity

STATEMENT FROM CIVIL SOCIETIES IN ETHIOPIA ON THE COMMEMORATION OF PAN AFRICAN WOMEN’S DAY

SIHA WOMEN HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS AWARDS – 2021

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