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|February 24, 2021Breaking Gender Stereotypes: Research Paper StatementPhotography: Ahmad Mahmoud Today SIHA launches its latest publication entitled Negotiating Space: Sudanese Women’s Access to Vocational Education & Employment. Drawing on SIHA’s Breaking Ge...
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|August 31, 2020LETTERS FROM ERITREA: Women reflect on their access to rights and services (2020)Cover Design: Ayman Hussein Letters from Eritrea: Women reflect on their access to rights and services (2020) features testimonies adapted from a focus group discussion conducted with five wome...
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|March 10, 2020GENDER BRIEFING – SUDANGENDER BRIEFING – SUDAN The aim of this Gender Briefing is to examine four countries that have, over the past decade, passed and adopted gender-progressive legislation and p...
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|March 10, 2020GENDER BRIEFING – ETHIOPIAGENDER BRIEFING – ETHIOPIA The aim of this Gender Briefing is to examine four countries that have, over the past decade, passed and adopted gender-progressive legislation an...
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|March 10, 2020GENDER BRIEFING – UGANDAGENDER BRIEFING – UGANDA Despite a history of political upheaval and violent conflicts, Uganda has enjoyed relative peace and stability since 2006 due to the ...
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|November 23, 2019FALLING THROUGH THE CRACKS, REFLECTIONS ON CUSTOMARY LAW AND THE IMPRISONMENT OF WOME...FALLING THROUGH THE CRACKS, REFLECTIONS ON CUSTOMARY LAW AND THE IMPRISONMENT OF WOMEN IN SOUTH SUDAN An extensive, participatory field research undertaken with activists, g...
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|March 13, 2017CIVIL SOCIETY IN SOUTH SUDAN ADVOCACY PRIORITIES AND PRINCIPLES 2017 – 2020CIVIL SOCIETY IN SOUTH SUDAN ADVOCACY PRIORITIES AND PRINCIPLES 2017 – 2020 In South Sudan, the humanitarian situation continues to steadily decline and space for non-state ...
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|January 1, 2016NEGOTIATING PATRIARCHY: MEN AS ALLIES AGAINST VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMENNEGOTIATING PATRIARCHY: MEN AS ALLIES AGAINST VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN This newly released SIHA publication was developed primarily as a guide for social activists involved in...
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|March 1, 2015THIRD CLASS CITIZENS: WOMEN AND CITIZENSHIP IN SUDANTHIRD CLASS CITIZENS: WOMEN AND CITIZENSHIP IN SUDAN Shedding light on the scope and nature of discriminative laws and practices women are facing in Sudan, this paper touche...
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|March 1, 2013REINFORCING COMMUNITY ACTIVISM AND INTERGENERATIONAL BRIDGESREINFORCING COMMUNITY ACTIVISM AND INTERGENERATIONAL BRIDGES Four papers explore the gap between the women’s movement as a relevant political and social force empowering wom...
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|March 1, 2013LETTERS FROM ERITREA, REFUGEE WOMEN TELL THEIR STORYLETTERS FROM ERITREA, REFUGEE WOMEN TELL THEIR STORY Stories of Eritrean women reflect grave violations of human rights in their country and beyond. An autocratic government...
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|March 1, 2012BETWEEN MODERNISM AND HERITAGEBETWEEN MODERNISM AND HERITAGE How effective is the legal protection of women’s rights in remote areas of Ethiopia – a country with one of the most comprehensive and equita...
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|March 1, 2009BEYOND TROUSERS, The Public Order Regime and the Human Rights of Women and Girls in S...BEYOND TROUSERS, The Public Order Regime and the Human Rights of Women and Girls in Sudan Mapping the experiences of women with the application of the public order laws, pol...
FALLING THROUGH THE CRACKS, REFLECTIONS ON CUSTOMARY LAW AND THE IMPRISONMENT OF WOMEN IN SOUTH SUDAN
An extensive, participatory field research undertaken with activists, grass-roots leaders, and elites, comprising interviews and community consultations, Falling Through the Cracks addresses traditions, practices and views related to dowry, domestic violence, divorce and adultery that perpetuate prejudice policies and the violation of women’s rights in South Sudan. Against the backdrop of the construction of the new Republic of South Sudan, the volume draws attention to gender identity and structural violence. A call to review contexts of customs and to enact existing conventions, bills and instruments that protect human rights, it is an agenda for action and gives a voice to women who are imprisoned, victimized and persecuted – in the cracks between the inadequacies of the traditional law and the statuary system.