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,...
Sudan: Sexual violence, summary executions, and systematic abuses amid escalating conflict
Report by Ayin Network for Sudan Media Forum Sudan has witnessed a steep escalation in violent conflict, with the number...
International Women’s Day: ‘Women’s involvement in Sudan’s peace processes, negotiations, and ending the war, a fundamental requirement’
Report by Fatima Burima for Radio Dabanga As the world celebrated International Women’s Day on Sunday, March 8, Sudanese marked...
‘Collective outrage’ at El Fasher report: Sudan Core Group to establish ‘coalition of likeminded states’ to prevent further atrocities
The Sudan Core Group at the UN Human Rights’ Council, comprising Germany, Ireland, the Netherlands, Norway, and the United Kingdom,...
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...
Reports of amnesty for Sudanese women facing death by stoning: ‘Pardon suspends execution but does not invalidate the sentence’
Report by Suleiman Siri for Radio Dabanga The death sentence of two women in two separate cases has sparked widespread...
UN mission to Sudan: Darfur atrocities bear ‘hallmarks of genocide’
A report by the UN fact-finding mission released today says that ethnically targeted killings, widespread sexual violence, and enforced disappearances carried...
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...
UN High Commissioner Volker Türk, calls for accountability, more efforts to end war in Sudan
Briefing the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva today on the situation surrounding the North Darfur capital of El Fasher,...
UNSC to hold closed consultations on Sudan
The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) is due to hold closed consultations today on the situation in Sudan, amid renewed...
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...
Minister of Social Welfare: ‘Sudan holds perpetrators of sexual violence accountable, including members of the regular forces’
Sudan’s State Minister at the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Welfare, Dr Salima Ishaq, has acknowledged that cases of...
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