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Kidnapping and Slavery: The RSF is committing more dangerous rights violations in this malign war against civilians in Sudan

Last month, SIHA detected alarming information that members of the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) have been kidnapping female civilians and holding them hostage in Darfur to be ransomed back to their families or possibly be later sold in markets. An eyewitness in Al-Fashir, North Darfur, confirmed that three women and/or girls (who may be underaged; their ages were not identified) were brought by the RSF to the Dar Al Salam locality.

Statement: Voices of women on peace By the undersigned South Sudanese women peace activists and organizations

News, Press Release, Sudan / By David

We, as South Sudanese women are deeply concerned by the limited effort or commitment by the Government to implement the Revitalised Agreement on the Resolution of the Conflict in the Republic of South Sudan (R-ARCSS), in accordance with the roadmap document.
As women living in internally displaced person (IDP) sites …

Press Statement: Decades of impunity are contributing to the escalation of sexual violence and violence against women in Sudan’s conflict

News, Press Release, Sudan / By David

SIHA strongly condemns the increasing rates of sexual gender-based violence (SGBV) in different states in Sudan. The limited information about SGBV cases shows a clear pattern of committing war crimes against civilians and waging the war against the whole nation by weaponizing SGBV against women and girls. The documented and verified cases of SGBV have now exceeded 70 cases..

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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Tracing the Roots of Discrimination within Sudanese Law

News, Publications, Sudan, Sudan / By siha

Sudan’s history is replete with periods of fierce contestation about what kind of nation Sudan could be, and what its future should look like. Few periods are a better example of this than the recent 2019 revolution, in which the Sudanese people fought to re- establish their voices in this debate.

PRESS STATEMENT BY THE WOMEN’S COOPERATIVE ASSOCIATION IN KHARTOUM STATE ON THE DECISION TO DISALLOW THE REGISTRATION OF WOMEN’S COOPERATIVE ASSOCIATIONS

News, Statement, Sudan / By siha

29 July 2021 We, the members of the Women’s Cooperatives Associations in Khartoum State, with one voice convey our dissatisfaction on the decision to disallow the registration of Women’s Cooperative Associations based on discriminatory, gender insensitive and legally non-existent grounds. Notwithstanding the political changes that took place in the country in the wake of the …

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Enough with Legitimizing Sexual Violence – Appalling Video of Gang rape on Sudanese social media

News, SIHA Gender Alert, Sudan, Sudan / By siha

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 …

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GENDER ALERT– Another Gendered Killing within One Month in Sudan

News, SIHA Gender Alert, Sudan, Sudan / By siha

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 …

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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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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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Kidnapping and Slavery: The RSF is committing more dangerous rights violations in this malign war against civilians in Sudan

Statement: Voices of women on peace By the undersigned South Sudanese women peace activists and organizations

Press Statement: Decades of impunity are contributing to the escalation of sexual violence and violence against women in Sudan’s conflict

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

Tracing the Roots of Discrimination within Sudanese Law

PRESS STATEMENT BY THE WOMEN’S COOPERATIVE ASSOCIATION IN KHARTOUM STATE ON THE DECISION TO DISALLOW THE REGISTRATION OF WOMEN’S COOPERATIVE ASSOCIATIONS

Enough with Legitimizing Sexual Violence – Appalling Video of Gang rape on Sudanese social media

GENDER ALERT– Another Gendered Killing within One Month in Sudan

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

Breaking Gender Stereotypes: Research Paper Statement

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