Sudan

Concerned over the stand-off in the implementation of the different political and socio- economic agreements that were signed between the two countries, a coalition of women leaders in Sudan and South Sudan has decided to come together to promote peace for the benefit of the citizens of the two neighboring states.

Mahasa sits in the dust outside the hut she built herself, holding her youngest son in her arms.

The 29-year-old mother of four knows how vulnerable she is. "I'm scared," she said.

On Sunday November 25, the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, the start of the annual 16 days of Activism Against Gender Violence Campaign was launched in Sudan, Radio Dabanga has learned.

Tahany Hassan, a 17-year-old high school female student was shot in the head and killed on 31 July by the Sudanese police in Nayala, South Darfur. She and hundreds of high school students were protesting the big increase in transportation fees, which means that most of them will not be able to go to school any more.

Tahany Hassan, a 17 year old high school female student was shot in the head and killed on July 31st by the Sudanese police in Nayala, South Darfur. She and hundreds of high school students were protesting the big increase in transportation fees, which means that most of them will not be able to go to school any more.

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.

Already vulnerable girls and women are repeatedly attacked when they venture out of the camps to collect firewood or water needed for everyday chores such as cooking and washing.

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.

What do we know about women caught up in conflicts?

That they're often subjected to rape, abduction and sexual violence. That just to collect water, they sometimes take desperate measures which expose them to even more danger - like aligning themselves to one of the warring factions.

It's been documented again and again that women suffer disproportionately to men in times of conflict.

Influential female singers known as “Hakamat” are still fuelling inter-tribal conflict in Sudan's Darfur region, despite efforts to teach them about building peace in their communities.

Traditional songs which ridicule fellow tribesmen who try to defuse conflicts with neighbouring groups help stoke tensions in the region.

On the 25th of January at 10:00 a.m, EVE Organization invited the women's civil society and female activists to a press conference regarding the exclusion of civil society in the National Constitution Review Commission (NCRC). The mission of the commission is to research, review and develop South Sudanese laws and acts so that they are formed after the needs of the citizens of South Sudan.