East Africa

Within this sub-region, PeaceWomen is currently monitoring 5 countries (Ethiopia, Eritrea, Somalia, Sudan, Uganda). Eastern Africa is home to countries of low (Kenya 128-Ethiopia 157) levels of human development, in addition to countries with ongoing conflict. According to the Global Gender Gap Index (GGGI,) countries in Eastern Africa rank from 33 (Uganda) to 121 (Ethiopia).

Currently, there are two Peacekeeping missions in this sub region, the African Union-United Nations Hybrid Operation in Darfur (UNAMID) and the United Nations Mission in the Sudan (UNMIS).

For information on National Action Plans in the region for SCR 1325, please click here.

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May 14, 2012 (Press TV)
SOMALIA: Somali Draft Constitution Includes Women in Country's Affairs After two decades of civil war and being subjected to violence and unthinkable hardships, Somali women are now expected to have a voice in the country's government, Press TV reports.
May 3, 2012 (Chicago Tribune)
SOUTH SUDAN: The Difficulties of Being a Woman in South Sudan Decades of conflict have left South Sudan with some of the world's worst health and educational indicators, contributing to a growing problem of violence against women in the world's newest nation.
April 16, 2012 (Radio Dabanga)
SUDAN: Women Call for End to Systematic Rape in Darfur Displaced women in camps across Darfur have expressed their anger at the recent escalation of rapes carried out by militias loyal to the Sudanese government.
April 4, 2012 (Voice of America)
SUDAN: US Physicians Group Offers Evidence of Darfur Atrocities A U.S.-based group of physicians on Tuesday released medical evidence of widespread torture, sexual assault and other human rights violations against civilians in Sudan's conflict-wracked Darfur region. The study was released by the group Physicians for Human Rights in the peer-reviewed Internet medical journal, PLoS Medicine.
April 3, 2012 (IQ4 News)
EAST AFRICA: The Role of African Women in Post-Conflict Peace building From the period of independence onwards, African countries have experienced many threats to their sovereignty; the most potent threat has been that of violence and social unrest caused by war.

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Monthly Action Points (MAP) on Women, Peace and Security, NGO Working Group on Women Peace and Security (NGOWG), February 2012 | Download PDF
Monthly Action Points (MAP) on Women, Peace and Security, NGOWG, December 2011, NGO Working Group on Women Peace and Security (NGOWG), December 2011 | Download PDF
Sudan Vision: Details: The Concept of Citizenship Interface With Gender Issues; Parts 1, 2, 3, Sudan Vision, 13 - 17 November 2011
International Conference on the Great Lakes Region: Paper on SGBV in the Great Lakes Region, International Conference on the Great Lakes Region, 8 November 2011
Women of the Horn of Africa, Still Bending their Heads , Strategic Initiative for Women in the Horn of Africa (SIHA), October 2011 | Download PDF

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International Great Lakes Conference: Statement: UN Special Representative Of The Secretary-General, Margot Wallstrom, Statements, , 15 December 2011
SUDAN: Sudan- The 'Conflict is Inflaming Every Hour', Online Dialogues & Blogs, , June 9, 2011
STATEMENT: Culture and the Nation in South Sudan: Gender and Future of the New State , Statements, , June 5, 2011
VIDEO: BBC Assignment: Ugandan Women Tricked into Domestic Slavery in Iraq, Multi-Media, , May 27, 2011
OPINION: Why The Region Is One Of The Worst Places To Be Born A Woman, Online Dialogues & Blogs, , May 10, 2011

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Monthly Action Points on Women, Peace, and Security, MAP , December 2011
Monthly Action Points (MAP) on Women, Peace and Security, NGOWG, June 2011, MAP , May 31, 2011
Monthly Action Points (MAP) on Women, Peace and Security, NGOWG, April 2011, MAP , April 2011
Monthly Action Points (MAP) on Women, Peace and Security, NGOWG, January 2011, MAP , January 2011
Monthly Action Points (MAP) on Women, Peace and Security, NGOWG, October 2010 (NGO) , MAP , October 2010

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The Uganda Women's Network (UWONET)
Coalition for Political Accountability to Women (COPAW)
East African Sub-Regional Support Initiative for the Advancement of Women (EASSI)
Strategic Initiative for Women in the Horn of Africa (SIHA)
SIHA is advocating for social change and gender equality for men and women in the Horn of Africa and working specifically on: gender equality, eliminating violence against women and girls, promoting human rights, peace building and conflict transformation, enhancing women's leadership as well as political participation and production and dissemination of knowledge.
Frontier Indigenous Network

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