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OBITUARY: The invisible victims of armed militia attacks in Darfur
On October 19th 2020, an armed group burned down the IDP camps of Oum Assal, Babanousa and Om Zegerat in Gerida locality. Gerida locality is composed of a number of…
SIHA LAUNCHES A POSITION PAPER – “A Reflection of the Gender Equality Agenda in Somaliland”
SIHA recently launched a position paper dubbed – “A Reflection of the Gender Equality agenda in Somaliland” which provides a current analysis of the women’s movement in Somaliland, and the…
PERFORMING ARTS IS NOT A CRIME – ASSAULTING WOMEN AND ARTISTS IS! Sudan is still struggling with militant Islamist ideology
KHARTOUM: Central Khartoum Primary Court issued a verdict against five young artists who were found guilty of public annoyance stipulated in Article 69 of the Criminal Code and Article 77…
MOURNING HAMDI: THIS IS NOT NORMAL, THIS IS A TRAGEDY
MOGADISHU: We, as the Strategic Initiative for Women in the Horn of Africa (SIHA Network), condemn with the strongest terms the horrendous murder of Hamdi Mohamed Farah, a young woman from…
LETTERS 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 women who…
A Collaborative Civil Society Statement in Response to The Law of Various Amendments (Abolishing and Amending Provisions Restricting Freedom) – Exposing ‘a wolf in sheep’s clothing’
Sudanese women and men, with their various cultural, religious, and ethnic backgrounds, participated in the movement of the glorious December 2019 revolution in a comprehensive and integrated manner. Women, who…
SIHA STATEMENT ON WORLD DAY AGAINST TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS
Artwork by Akilu Temesgen Today marks the World Day Against Trafficking in Persons. Human Trafficking is an atrocious crime, which violates the basic rights and dignities that must be protected…
IS IT ACTUAL PEACE, OR IS IT JUST A DOCUMENT? #PeaceSitIns
Kabkabiya Sit-In – Darfur, 17th July 2020. Photography Credit: Ibrahim E. منداخلإعتصامكبكابيةبإقليمدارفور – 17 يوليو، 2020 – إبراهيم إ. During the current month of July a number of protest sit-ins…
CAUGHT BETWEEN COVID-19 AND CONFLICT – WOMEN AND GIRLS CONTINUE TO FACE SEXUAL VIOLENCE IN SOUTH SUDAN
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…
CONFLICT, FOOD INSECURITY, FLOODS, COVID-19, AND THE RISING THREAT OF GENDERED VIOLENCE – ANOTHER BURDEN ON HER SHOULDERS
Women in Mogadishu – Photo Credit: SIHA Archives In Somalia, cases of SGBV and domestic violence have increased significantly since the country began its response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Gender…