Darfur Bar Association: 16 rapes during Dec 25 Sudan demos
The Darfur Bar Association reports that it has received 30 complaints of sexual harassment, including 16 complaints of rape, allegedly...
Call for investigation into rape cases during demos in Sudan capital
Yesterday, Khartoum witnessed massive protest marches and vigils in various neighbourhoods to protest the sexual violence women demonstrators faced during...
Sudan: New report lists 74 deaths in wake of 2019 Khartoum massacre
A new report entitled The Price of the Transition, prepared by a group called the Initiative of Those Present, reveals...
Interview with Darfuri agricultural engineer Souad El Tayeb on food security: ‘There is no justification for the current scarcity’
For Radio Dabanga’s Inspirational Women series* we spoke with Souad El Tayeb, pioneering agricultural engineer, on her fight for food...
Call for more policewomen in Sudan’s rural areas
The Sudanese police needs more women officers, to help and protect victims of gender-based violence, says activist Kamelia Kuku. In...
Interview with children’s rights activist and fearless journalist Inaam El Tayeb: ‘We were attacked and criminalised by those who rejected our ideas’
For Radio Dabanga’s Inspirational Women Series*, we spoke with Inaam El Tayeb about her activism, her journalism career, government censorship, and defending...
Rape and GBV a constant threat for displaced women as North Darfur violence persists
Women and girls displaced by violence and lawlessness in Darfur face the additional constant threat of rape and gender based...
Interview with Awadiya Abbas: Women’s union organiser and revolutionary
For Radio Dabanga’s Inspirational Women series* we interviewed Awadiya Abbas, President of the Women’s Cooperative Association of Popular Food and...
Governor Minawi: ‘Darfur camps are demilitarised zones’
The presence of weapons within the camps for the displaced in Darfur is unacceptable, as the camps are demilitarised zones,...
Interview with novelist Sara El Jak on literature, womanhood, and empowerment
For Radio Dabanga’s Inspirational Women series* we interviewed novelist and social activist Sara Hamza El Jak Abdallah. As one of the few successful Sudanese...
‘Sudan Public Order Law still being implemented’: SIHA Network
According to the Strategic Initiative for Women in the Horn of Africa (SIHA), crimes of gender-based violence against women by...
Darfur women accuse govt of violating the Juba Peace Agreement as representation promise is broken
Women who took part in the Juba peace negotiations on the Darfur track accuse the Sudanese government, the Peace Commission,...
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