Sudan: Surge in Online Abuse Targets Sudanese Women Journalists

The Sudanese Journalists Syndicate has reported a sharp rise in digital harassment and violence against women journalists, with more than 250 subjected to various forms of online… Read more »

Sudan: 'Sudan War Has Pushed Women Hundreds of Years Back'

Women in Sudan have been driven "hundreds of years backwards" after three years of war, according to a leading regional activist, amid mounting evidence of widespread sexual… Read more »

Sudan: 'Feminist Justice' to Launch in Sudan On Monday, to Demand Protection for Women

The 'Feminist Justice' campaign, which stems from the No to Oppression of Women Initiative, and has expanded to include a wide range of feminist, community, professional,… Read more »

Sudan: 'No Safe Place for Women and Girls in Darfur' - Doctors Without Borders

Women in Darfur, Sudan, are demanding protection, care and justice as sexual violence continues across the region, both in active conflict areas and far beyond frontlines,… Read more »

Sudan: Sudanese Women Bear the Brunt of War As Violations Continue, Activist Warns

Sudanese women are paying the highest price in the country's ongoing war, facing a growing catalogue of abuses including killings, sexual violence, displacement and intimidation,… Read more »

Sudan: Sudanese Women Give Birth to Life Twice

Each year, on International Women's Day, the world pauses to celebrate women and the life they nurture and sustain. Yet in Sudan, for the third consecutive year since the country… Read more »

Sudan: International Women's Day - 'Women's Involvement in Sudan's Peace Processes, Negotiations, and Ending the War, a Fundamental Requirement'

As the world celebrated International Women's Day on Sunday, March 8, Sudanese marked the day as Sudan's war against civilians nears its third year, with UN reports indicating that… Read more »

Sudan: Reports of Amnesty for Sudanese Women Facing Death By Stoning - 'Pardon Suspends Execution but Does Not Invalidate the Sentence'

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Sudan: Sudanese Women's Union Calls for Activation of International Accountability Mechanisms for Violations Against Women

The Sudanese Women's Union (SWU)* has created an open memorandum to be signed, addressed to various UN, international and regional bodies on the occasion of International Women's… Read more »

Sudan: Sudanese Women Turn to Enterprise After War and Displacement

In a country worn down by nearly three years of war, mass displacement and economic collapse, many Sudanese women are forging new roles as entrepreneurs and community leaders. Read more »

Sudan: Sudanese Women and Children Held Incommunicado After Cairo Arrests

Egyptian authorities have reportedly detained more than seven Sudanese women working in traditional beauty services in the El Hussein district of Cairo and held them for nearly two… Read more »

Sudan: EU Envoy Warns of 'Dangerous Regression' After Women Sentenced to Death By Stoning in Sudan

The head of the European Union mission to Sudan, Wolfram Vetter, has expressed deep concern over reports that two women have been sentenced to death by stoning, warning that… Read more »

Sudan: Sudan War As Recounted By Women of Khartoum Neighbourhood

In Sudan, citizens trapped in conflict zones have not only been besieged by direct war violence, but also by social and economic complexities and harmful habits that civil society… Read more »

Sudan: Sudan's War Threatens Fragile Progress Against FGM

Each year, an estimated four million people worldwide are subjected to female genital mutilation (FGM). In Sudan, where prevalence has historically ranked among the highest… Read more »

Sudan: Two Women From El Gedaref and Blue Nile Face Death By Stoning in Sudan Prison

Activists and human rights defenders say that two women, from El Gedaref and Blue Nile respectively, are being detained in Omdurman prison in Sudan, sentenced to death by stoning.… Read more »

Sudan: 'Sudan's War Has Become a Systematic Assault On Women'

Sudan's war, now more than 1,000 days old, has shifted from a military confrontation to what feminist and human rights groups describe as a widespread and systematic assault on… Read more »

Sudan: Doctors - 200 Killed, Including Women, Children, in RSF North Darfur Attack

The Sudanese Doctors Network confirmed the killing of more than 200 people, including children, women, and men, according to sources, indicating that they were targeted and killed… Read more »

Sudan: When Women Speak in Rhythm... Rap As a Space for Expression and Survival

In a musical world that for many years has been shaped by fixed stereotypes and social constraints, Sudanese female rappers have chosen to express themselves in search of a safe… Read more »

Sudan: Survivors of North Kordofan RSF Raid - 'Women's Bodies Became a Battlefield'

'We received no warning... and we didn't understand what was happening...' Read more »

Sudan: Sudan Doctors - Dire Need of Care for 243+ Displaced Pregnant Women in Darfur, Northen State

The Sudanese Doctors Network has reported the arrival of more than 243 pregnant women at Tawila camp and surrounding camps in North Darfur and Ad Dabba locality in Northern State,… Read more »

Sudan: Women Survivors of North Darfur Atrocities - Road From El Fasher to Kosti 'A Journey Through Hell...'

The humanitarian crisis in Sudan is worsening due to the ongoing war between the army and the Rapid Support Forces since April 2023, which has killed tens of thousands and… Read more »

Sudan: A Negotiating Table Without Women - When the Most-Affected Voices Are Ignored

Despite the pivotal role Sudanese women play at the societal and humanitarian levels after two years of war, their presence at decision-making tables and their participation in… Read more »

Sudan: UN Women Warns of 'Systematic Rape and Starvation' As Sudanese Women Demand Peace Table

UN Women has warned that rape is now being "used intentionally and systematically" in Sudan, where hunger and displacement deepen daily. Women and girls, the agency stressed, "are… Read more »

Sudan: Gender Consultant Aisha Hamad - 'There Will Be No Peace in Sudan Without Gender Justice and Accountability for Violations...'

The ongoing war in Sudan is being waged on women's bodies, with rates of sexual violence increasing by 288 per cent in just one year, Aisha Hamad, advisor to former Sudanese Prime… Read more »

Sudan: SIHA - Sudanese Women At the Centre of 'Economic War and Systemic Exclusion'

Women in Sudan and across the Greater Horn of Africa face entrenched barriers to land, healthcare, financial systems, and social protection, experts warned at a regional webinar… Read more »