The will of the Sudanese youth is unmasking the dogma of a violent regime.
Western agencies have focused on female genital mutilation in Sudan, but this isn't the only women’s rights battle that needs support in our country.
Western agencies have focused on female genital mutilation in Sudan, but this isn't the only women’s rights battle that needs support in our country.
An effective response to violence and harmful ideologies is important. But projects are failing to adequately engage with root causes.
An effective response to violence and harmful ideologies is important. But projects are failing to adequately engage with root causes.
Meriam Ibrahim Yahya is incarcerated and shackled in Sudan's Omdurman Women’s Prison. Her twenty month old child and her new born baby are with her. Charged with apostasy earlier this month, she faces flogging and then death by hanging.
The past 25 years have witnessed fundamental sociopolitical and cultural changes in Sudan. Women have been the terrain of many of the uneasy shifts in the country, even down to their skin, which they are now being encouraged to bleach.
Amira Osman is awaiting trial for refusing to cover her hair. She is one of thousands of Sudanese women who are being arrested under Sudan's criminal code, sentenced, and publicly lashed.
The appointment of two Somali women in key ministerial posts must not mask the massive day to day persecution of women in Somalia, says Hala al-Karib