Group of schoolgirls in South Sudan – Photo Credit: SIHA Archives When the peace agreement was signed with opposition forces in late 2018, many women and girls expressed their joy because the long-awaited peace meant putting an end to the rampant use of rape as a weapon, which many soldiers deem to be a form …
Photography credit: SIHA Archives SIHA Network is a regional network that works with women and girls across the Horn of Africa, including those residing in Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) receiving sites, Protection of Civilians (POCs) camps, prisons, and urban poor communities. The latest global warnings and protection guidance regarding Coronavirus (COVID-19) have been, in our …
Since 2011, South Sudan has gained a disapproving reputation for the frequent violations and abuse that are committed against women and girls. Women and girls living in Wau have, and continue to experience severe sexual violence, exploitation, abuse and harassment in the present-day conflict. In addition to ethnically targeted rape and other crimes of sexual …
CAUGHT IN THE MIDDLE: Gender Inequality and Rampant SGBV in Wau, South Sudan Read More »
Deadline: Wednesday 24th of October 2019 – 17:00 hours SIHA Network is implementing the “Challenging Patterns and Drivers of Sexual Violence Against Women and Girls in Wau State, South Sudan” project. The project aims to promote positive shifts in attitudes, behaviours, and practices around sexual violence against women and girls in South Sudan, resulting in …
CALL FOR PROPOSALS FOR PRODUCTION OF EDUCATIONAL VIDEO Read More »
Women and girls in South Sudan continue to bear the brunt of conflict through brutal acts of sexual and gender-based violence since the start of the current civil war on December 2013. As recent as late November 2018, there has been an influx of young women, girls and boys as young as 4 years old …
GENDER ALERT: Girls are not sex objects – they are humans Read More »
With support from the Norwegian Church Aid, SIHA is working to strengthen GBV prevention, response and risk mitigation in Wau, South Sudan. The project intends to address cross-cutting issues in addition to engaging various community stakeholders, including men and boys and institutions (schools, local government, etc.) at all levels in an effort to transform attitudes …
#HearMeToo This year, SIHA Network leveraged on the 16 days of activism as an opportune period to bring the #MeToo conversation to the light – attempting to understand how the gender power imbalance creates opportunities for men to prey on women and girls; promotes a society that ridicules the victims; allows the perpetrators to go …
16 days of Activism 2018: Taking it Further – #HearMeToo Read More »
#HearMeToo In commemoration of this year’s ’16 Days of Activism’, with support from the Norwegian Church Aid (NCA), SIHA Network assembled and distributed 200 hygiene kits to 200 girls from John Paul II Secondary School, Sunday Secondary School, and Wau High Secondary School. The event was well attended with two Director Generals from the state …
#16DaysofActivism: SIHA distributes dignity kits to school girls in Wau, South Sudan Read More »
Introduce yourself (Name, organization, and how long you have been involved in activism) My name is Betty Sunday Ben Kute, I work for Community Empowerment For Progress Organization, (CEPO); and am the founder and the Coordinator of Women’s Monthly Forum (WMF). Now,I’ve been in activism for 10 years. Describe the work that you have been …
(SIHA Network) is excited about our new initiative to Challenge the Patterns and Drivers of Violence against Women and Girls in Wau, South Sudan. For some time, SIHA has been determined to directly address the issue of violence against women and girls, and now, with funding from the United Nation’s Trust Fund to End Violence …
