Sudan

Sudan is the largest and one of the most geographically diverse countries in Africa. Sudan has a population estimated at 42.2 million (UN, 2009) with an area of 2.5 million sq km (966,757 sq miles). The capital is Khartoum. The major languages are Arabic, English (official) and others.

Sudan continues to experience unrest and violence. Several phases of north-south civil war cost the lives of over 1.5 million people. A continuing conflict in the western region of Darfur has displaced over two million people and killed more than 200,000. Incidents of gender-based violence, including rape and other forms of sexual violence, continue in Sudan.

In 2011 following a referendum on independence Sudan and South Sudan became two independent states.

Sudan has not ratified The Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW)
Sudan does not have a National Action Plan on United Nations Security Council Resolution 1325 (UNSCR 1325)
Sudan has two UN peacekeeping mandate: African Union-United Nations Hybrid Operation in Darfur (UNAMID) and the United Nations Mission in the Sudan (UNMIS)

Sources:BBC; Amnesty International; UNIFEM

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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.
February 10, 2012 (AlertNet)
SUDAN: Sudan's Nuba women It's been documented again and again that women suffer disproportionately to men in times of conflict. Yet despite this brutal reality, many women in one war-torn region - Sudan's troubled South Kordofan state - said they were better able to cope with war than their men, according to a recent study.
January 25, 2012 (Operation 1325)
SUDAN: Women Gather for Protest in South Sudan South Sudan is currently in a position where the women's civil society is strongly protesting against the exclusion towards them in the National Constitution Review Commission (NCRC). Operation 1325:s partner in South Sudan, EVE Organization, is one of the driving forces in the protest.
January 19, 2012 (UN News Centre)
SUDAN: Impunity for Criminal Acts in Darfur Displacement Camps Must Stop – UN Official The chief of the joint United Nations-African Union operation in Darfur (UNAMID) stressed today his commitment to end impunity for criminal acts in displacement camps during a meeting with internally displaced persons (IDPs) in the state of North Darfur.

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Sudan Vision: Details: The Concept of Citizenship Interface With Gender Issues; Parts 1, 2, 3, Sudan Vision, 13 - 17 November 2011
SUDAN: Conflict Resolution Training for Women Leaders in West Darfur, Sudanese Women Union, 21 September
Haraza Organisation for Peace and Development, Haraza Organisation for Peace and Development, 15 September - Ongoing
Monthly Action Points (MAP) on Women, Peace and Security, NGOWG, June 2011, NGO Working Group on Women Peace and Security (NGOWG), May 31, 2011 | Download PDF
Monthly Action Points (MAP) on Women, Peace and Security, NGOWG, April 2011, NGO Working Group on Women, Peace and Security, April 1, 2011 | Download PDF

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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
CALLS FOR PARTICIPATION: Call for Experts on Gender and Constitution Building, Conferences & Meetings, , March 28, 2011
ANALYZIS/INTERVIEW: South Sudan: What Will Independence Mean For Women?, Other, Association for Women's Rights in Development (AWID), March 11, 2011
LAUNCH: Launch Radio Programme for Women on International Women's Day, Other, , March 8, 2011

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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, June 2010 (NGO), MAP , June 2010
Monthly Action Points (MAP) on Women, Peace and Security, NGOWG, February 2010 (NGO), MAP , February 1, 2010

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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.
Sudanese Women In the Diaspora

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