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.
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.
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 …
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 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 …
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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 …
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 …
Women’s political participation in the Greater Horn of Africa is at a dangerous impasse We as the women’s rights activists of the We Cannot Wait Consortium are in mourning after the loss of MP Amina Mohamed Abdi who was killed along with 47 others in a suicide bomb attack in Beledweyn. Amina was a member …
25 years of resilience, courage, and commitment to achieving gender equality in the Greater Horn of Africa When SIHA was brought to life by a group of women from across the region, in the mid-1990s it was a bright moment for women activists in the Horn of Africa. They saw in SIHA hope for a …
Playing to the Gallery or a Commitment to Equality, Inclusion, and Reconciliation? Introduction On the 29th of December 2021, the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia’s House of Peoples’ Representatives approved the establishment of the Ethiopian National Dialogue Commission. The Bill setting up the Commission states that the commission is meant to “pave the way for …
