Horn of Africa Region

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

Ethiopia, Horn of Africa Region, News, Press Release / By 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 Ethiopia scooped the SIHA Women Human Rights Defenders’ Awards – 2021. They were both awarded at colourful ceremonies in their respective countries for their demonstration of …

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We Stand With You – A statement of solidarity

Ethiopia, Horn of Africa Region, News, Press Release / By 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 2020 expands to the Amhara and Afar regions, and threatens the stability of Ethiopia and the wider Horn of Africa region. We stand in solidarity …

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SUDAN PUBLIC ORDER LAW IS STILL INTACT – Female artists assaulted by police in Khartoum, North-Sharg Al Nile Area

Horn of Africa Region, News, Press Release, SIHA Gender Alert, Sudan / By siha

On August 15th 2021 Sudanese artist, Fatim Ibrahim Hassan (also known as “Marwa Al-Dowaliya”) was physically assaulted and sexually harassed, according to her alleged statement to SIHA on August 19/2021, by 13 policemen from “Sharg Al Nile Police station” of the “Community Security division”, which has been known since the Al-Bashir regime as the Sudan …

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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 / By 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 advancing the social and economic status of women on the continent. In the words of the AU Commission Chairperson, “Pan African Women’s Day is a …

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#JUSTICEFORHAMDI – Decision Reached by the Court

Horn of Africa Region, Press Release, Somalia, Statement / By siha

The late Hamdi Mohamed Farah was a student who was murdered in September 2020. She was invited to the site of the crime by a man who, according to local media reports, she thought to be her friend. Upon reaching the site, a group of assailants brutally gangraped Hamdi and pushed her off a six-floor …

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GENDER ALERT– Violent Backlash Against Peaceful Women Protestors in Khartoum Today

Horn of Africa Region, News, SIHA Gender Alert, Sudan / By siha

There have been attacks on women peacefully protesting in Khartoum during the #SudanWomenProtest march from the Ministry of Justice to the Ministry of the Interior and Office of the Attorney General. As the protestors marched, chanting, “Hey girls, stay still. This revolution is a girls’ revolution”, one man attempted to mow the protestors down with …

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CIVIL SOCIETY STATEMENT: The Sudanese Transitional Government has Blood on its Hands: The Pattern of Violence against Women and Girls Continues

Horn of Africa Region, News, Press Release, Sudan / By siha

Photography Credit: Ibrahim Saehon Arabic Translation Included Below Khartoum March 30/2021 In Sudan, militant Islamists are still running the same old game to intimidate the Sudanese people, especially women and girls. Misogyny and intimidation remain the primary ammunition for the forces of militancy and violence in the country. With the fall of the ex-regime, militant …

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JOINT STATEMENT: THE SEXUAL OFFENCES BILL MUST BE URGENTLY REVIVED

Horn of Africa Region, News, Somaliland, Statement / By siha

The Somaliland National Human Rights Commission recently published the 2020 Annual report which sheds light on the human rights situation in addition to the activities of the Commission in 2020. The report specifically emphasises that women in Somaliland are often vulnerable to violence, and discrimination and gender-based violence continue to rob women of their fundamental …

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Breaking Gender Stereotypes: Research Paper Statement

Horn of Africa Region, News, Publications, Sudan, Sudan, Uncategorized / By siha

Photography: Ahmad Mahmoud Today SIHA launches its latest publication entitled Negotiating Space: Sudanese Women’s Access to Vocational Education & Employment. Drawing on SIHA’s Breaking Gender Stereotypes Phase II project, the paper explores how urban poor women experience access and opportunity in vocational training and subsequent employment in Greater Khartoum, Sudan. To contextualize this analysis, the …

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SIHA LAUNCHES A POSITION PAPER – “A Reflection of the Gender Equality Agenda in Somaliland”

Horn of Africa Region, News, Press Release, Somaliland, Statement / By siha

SIHA recently launched a position paper dubbed – “A Reflection of the Gender Equality agenda in Somaliland” which provides a current analysis of the women’s movement in Somaliland, and the situation around gender relations in the country. The paper presents an analytical snapshot of the dynamics of post-war women’s rights activism, including the challenges facing …

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Horn of Africa Region

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

We Stand With You – A statement of solidarity

SUDAN PUBLIC ORDER LAW IS STILL INTACT – Female artists assaulted by police in Khartoum, North-Sharg Al Nile Area

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

#JUSTICEFORHAMDI – Decision Reached by the Court

GENDER ALERT– Violent Backlash Against Peaceful Women Protestors in Khartoum Today

CIVIL SOCIETY STATEMENT: The Sudanese Transitional Government has Blood on its Hands: The Pattern of Violence against Women and Girls Continues

JOINT STATEMENT: THE SEXUAL OFFENCES BILL MUST BE URGENTLY REVIVED

Breaking Gender Stereotypes: Research Paper Statement

SIHA LAUNCHES A POSITION PAPER – “A Reflection of the Gender Equality Agenda in Somaliland”

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