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 …
Sudan 10th May A shameful and appalling video showed at least four men forcefully gang raping a woman surfaced on social media on Wednesday 5 May 2021. The video reveals the perpetrators of this heinous crime, one of whom was in a uniform and another wearing military boots. The observed location and language spoken confirm …
Sudan 3rd May For the second time in one month,1 a girl in Sudan has been killed by an immediate family member. On April 3, 2021, Aida Al-Mahdi, 19 years old, was killed by her brother Al-Nour, who stabbed her 6 times and slashed at her until her head was separated from her body, according …
GENDER ALERT– Another Gendered Killing within One Month in Sudan Read More »
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 …
GENDER ALERT– Violent Backlash Against Peaceful Women Protestors in Khartoum Today Read More »
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. …
SUDAN ABOLISHES THE SUDAN PUBLIC ORDER LAW – INSIGNIFICANT REASONS TO CELEBRATE On Tuesday 26th November, in an extraordinary meeting of the Sudan Council of Ministers, the Public Order Law was abolished across all provinces in Sudan. As one of the most demeaning and appalling laws in Sudan, the set of laws were particularly put in place with the …
Sudan abolishes the Sudan Public Order Law – Insignificant reasons to celebrate Read More »
#SudanWomenProtest Hundreds of Sudanese women across the country from Kordufan to Gadarif, and port Sudan in Eastern Sudan and Atbra and greater Khartoum came out in hundreds to protest the high prevalence of sexual violence and acts of rape that took place against women, men and children during the brutal mass crime that was committed …
On April 29th, 2019 – Major General Hashim Khalid Mahmoud, the Governor of South Darfur State, issued emergency orders. These orders prohibited nakedness, indecent dress, and the promotion and handling of alcohol. All of these orders were authorized by the Military Council which is currently holding power in Sudan. The Major General stated that violation of these …
THE REVOLUTION IS YET TO HAPPEN FOR THE WOMEN IN DARFUR Read More »
In the recent past, Kampala’s pedestrian walkways and streets in the central business district and surrounding areas have been cleared of women street vendors in a brutal, inhumane manner pointing to the lack of empathy, absence of human rights consideration and a lack of appreciation for economic diversity citing a need for organization and orderliness, …
WOMEN IN UGANDA’S INFORMAL ECONOMY ASSERT PROTECTION OF THEIR HUMAN RIGHTS Read More »
In a horrifying attack in Galkayo – Central Somalia (Puntland), Aisha Ilyas Adan aged 12 years old went missing on Sunday 24th February, 2019 – for less than 24 hours and was discovered to have been brutally raped, tortured and mutilated. Her body was found near her house on Monday morning, a few meters away …
