Anti Stoning Campaign Follow-up Statement: The women of Sudan deserve a better legal framework
On the 21st of December, following a retrial ordered by the appellant court, Amal1 who faced death by stoning is now facing a 6-month prison term. It is evident that the appellant court did not consider the injustices of a death sentence for the crime of adultery or the disproportionate way it affects women. The court instead called for a retrial…
Press Statement: Stop Sexual Violence against Women with Disabilities in Arua City, Uganda
Sexual violence against women with disabilities encompasses both disability-based and gender-based violence across the globe. Violence against women with disabilities is one of the categories of violence that remains highly…
Press Statement: No hierarchy in women’s human rights
People with disabilities, women, and minority groups are particularly marginalized in Somaliland due to attitudinal and environmental barriers, institutional challenges, and a lack of effective inclusion strategies and efforts. Individuals who face marginalization on multiple axes, such as, women with disabilities, women from minority groups, or women with disabilities
Anti-Stoning Campaign Update: After months of campaigning the sentence has been overturned, but there is still more work to do
On the 24th of November, the Court of Appeal overturned the verdict of the Court of First Instance which had convicted Amal* to death by stoning for adultery. The case has been sent back to the primary court under the Court of Appeal’s ruling that, given the flawed proceedings and distorted implementation of the law, the whole trial will be repeated.
SIHA Annual Report 2020 and 2021
It is our pleasure as the SIHA management team to share with you our report for 2020 and 2021 of our journey of successes and challenges and learning throughout the two years.
Press Statement: Lack of investment in girls’ education undermines their hopes for justice and equality
Photography Credit: SIHA Staff October 2022 On the International Day of the Girl Child, shedding light on girls’ rights through demanding a clear path for prioritizing their rights in political agendas and including them in every political process is paramount. This year’s theme “Our time is now – our rights, our future,” is an […]
Re: Joint statement by CSOs in Sudan: Death by stoning High Commissioner for Human Rights
Khartoum, 14 September 2022 Your Excellency, We, the undersigned, are writing to shed light on the consistent criminalization and persecution of women under Sudanese laws. Women in Sudan are under constant threat of imprisonment and face systemic violence in their daily lives as workers, students, female children, mothers, and grandmothers. We call for immediate action […]
Religious backlash threatens Somaliland’s progressive rape law
Religious leaders have gutted a progressive sexual offences law, creating a new version that permits child marriage 19 August 2022, 9.31am. | Yousef Timacade Girl at a market street in Hargeysa, Somaliland | Egill Bjarnason / Alamy Stock Photo. As published in OpenDemocracy A group of religious leaders in Somaliland is behind an attempt to […]
Sudanese Civil Society Press Statement
Death by stoning still exists in a country where women are putting their lives on the line to lead change *This statement was initially released with the wrong date of sentencing. It has now been modified to include the correct date of sentenceing: 27th June 2022 Sudan, 3rd August 2022 On the 27th of June […]
Congratulations Chairwoman Kaltun S. Hassan
SIHA congratulates Kaltun S. Hassan on her recent appointment as Chairwoman of the National Election Commission in Somaliland The SIHA Network team, board and advisors are all proud of the appointment of Kaltun S. Hassan as the Chairwoman of the National Election Commission in Somaliland. Kaltun was previously one of SIHA’s staff, a Board member […]
