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“Breaking this [cycle of impunity] requires not only stronger legal frameworks, but also sustained support for the actors who make accountability possible,” highlighted @FaeeBB, SIHA Network Regional Programme Manager, during our intervention at the #CSW70 Interactive Expert Panel. At this session and alongside the oral statement we delivered, she reflected on the urgent realities facing women and girls in the Horn of Africa, together with the critical need for access to justice. We reiterate our call on Member States and the international community to: • Strengthen accountability for violations against women and girls; • Hold perpetrators and chains of command responsible with no exceptions; • Invest in women-led organizations and feminist legal networks; and • Support gender-responsive justice systems that center survivors. Ultimately, sustainable peace cannot exist where violations go unpunished. Read our statements in full here: 🔗 Interactive Expert Panel Statement: sihanet.org/csw70-interact… 🔗 Oral Statement: sihanet.org/siha-network-o… #SIHAatCSW70 #JusticeForWomen ------------------------- @musawah @awdf01 @ISDAOSankofa @DoriaFund @DutchMFA @GBVnet @Int_IDEA @MalalaFund @NLcivilsociety @OpenSociety @PAXvoorvrede @SOAWR @Swiss_Khartoum @TrustAfrica @UAFAfrica @UNTrustFundEVAW @woman_kind @NLinSudan @Halayalkarib @gatesfoundation @QF @govdotie @FordFoundation @Sida @ngowgwps @democracynow @ObamaFoundation @ClintonFdn @equalfamilylaws @Purposeful_org @UN_Women @unwomenafrica @kajakallas @EU_SUDAN @eu_echo @eu_eeas @LegalActionWW @GAC_Corporate

Today, we honour these people-led lifelines, including partners such as the @SudaneseYN, @Sihanet, No to Oppression against Women Initiative, Youth Citizen Observers Network (YCON), Sudan-Advocacy & some of the Sudanese Emergency Rooms.

"We don't want your pity, we want your political courage." Today marks 3 years of the civil war in #Sudan. Take the time to listen to this full, important conversation bit.ly/SOAWR-Podcast with the @Sihanet team. #ACTtoEndViolence #KeepEyesOnSudan

Our legal officer @ALakwech from the Arua office, under the Partnerships on Accountability, Civic Engagement and Rights Project supported by 🇩🇰🇸🇪🇳🇱🇮🇪, joined @Sihanet for the inception and graduation ceremony of the “𝑩𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝑩𝒂𝒓𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒓𝒔: 𝑩𝒖𝒊𝒍𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝑭𝒆𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒊𝒔𝒕 𝑺𝒐𝒍𝒊𝒅𝒂𝒓𝒊𝒕𝒚 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑬𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒐𝒎𝒊𝒄 𝑶𝒑𝒑𝒐𝒓𝒕𝒖𝒏𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒆𝒔 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝑾𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒏 𝒊𝒏 𝑾𝒆𝒔𝒕 𝑵𝒊𝒍𝒆” initiative. The project is strengthening women’s economic empowerment by supporting women with practical livelihood skills, access to income-generating opportunities, and collective organising through women-led groups, enabling them to increase household income, build financial resilience, and actively participate in community decision-making. This builds on @Sihanet’s support to our work with women’s groups in Gulu, where women have been supported to form savings groups, access small grants, and grow small businesses, improving their economic independence and stability. Through this continued partnership, we are advancing economic justice by ensuring women have the resources, voice, and power to shape their futures and communities. #WCWProject #RDEProject

🚨 Girls’ Education Under Fire: An Urgent Appeal to Support Girls' Education in Sudan Tomorrow, thousands of girls will sit for the Sudanese Secondary School Certificate Examinations, but many will be unable to do so primarily because they are being caught up in conflict areas, blocked by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), or because of financial difficulties and the continued absence of support for education in #Sudan. On the other hand, hundreds of girls have endured trauma and hardship as they seek access to education under extremely dangerous circumstances. Throughout Sudan war years, access to education has sharply declined, particularly girls' education, transforming what should be a basic right into a journey shaped by fear, displacement, and violence. For many girls, the struggle to continue their education has unfolded amid grave violations, including sexual violence and exploitation, with devastating and lasting consequences. In the past two weeks, more than 1800 students have arrived in Atbara City, River Nile State, from #Darfur, while over 300 girls from rural #Kordofan have reached El-Obied city of North Kordofan. Some girls travelled 700 km and faced theft, intimidation, and violence along the route, while others were threatened with detention by the RSF if they were caught taking the national exams. Thousands of girls could not reach the exam centres at all due to these threats and the extreme dangers along the transportation routes. SIHA Network calls for urgent and collective coordinated actions by the warning parties across Sudan to enable students to access education. The Sudan Ministry of Education and international humanitarian actors must collaborate to ensure safe passages for students, expand protection and emergency support for girls' education, and guarantee students access to psychosocial care and other forms of urgent support. The continued obstruction of girls’ access to education through threats, intimidation, and violence must be treated as a grave protection failure for civilians and children and as part of the sequence of atrocities shaping the war in Sudan. Today, we stand in solidarity with Sudanese students asserting their right to education and urgently call for action to ensure their safe and dignified access. 📸 Photo Credit: @AyinSudan #KeepEyesOnSudan #KeepEyesOnDarfur ________________________________ @AfriFeminists @awdf01 @DutchMFA @Fikra_SD @FRIDAfund @GBVnet @GlobalGiving @Int_IDEA @MalalaFund @NLcivilsociety @OpenSociety @PAXvoorvrede @SOAWR @Swiss_Khartoum @TrustAfrica @UAFAfrica @UNTrustFundEVAW @woman_kind @unwomenafrica @NLinSudan @Halayalkarib @UKinSudan @YousraElbagir @JamesCopnall @gatesfoundation @QF @FordFoundation @BBCAfrica @AJEnglish @AJInsideStory @bbcworldservice @AJUpFront @FRANCE24 @dwnews @Sida @IrishTimes @ngowgwps @UKinSudan @democracynow @ObamaFoundation @ClintonFdn @The_NewArab @MiddleEastEye @BSonblast

DISPARUE Roqia Ibrahim a quitté son domicile dans le quartier d’Al-Jakhays, à Omdurman, le 26 juin 2023 pour aller acheter de la glace. Elle n’est jamais revenue. Elle avait 16 ans au moment de sa disparition. Sa famille — et en particulier sa mère — garde toujours l’espoir de la retrouver saine et sauve. Si vous disposez de la moindre information concernant l’endroit où se trouve Roqia, merci de contacter les numéros suivants : +249 964 882 755 +249 114 815 547 Des centaines de femmes et de filles sont encore portées disparues dans le contexte de la guerre au Soudan. Leurs histoires ne doivent pas tomber dans l’oubli. Il est essentiel de poursuivre les efforts pour connaître leur sort et les réunir avec leurs familles, qui attendent depuis trop longtemps. #KeepEyesOnSudan #BringSudanMissingWomenAndGirlsBack --------------------------- @UN_HRC @UNGeneva @UNHumanRights @GAC_Corporate @UN_Sudan @DefendDefenders @UNDP_Sudan @UNOCHA_Sudan @DWAG6 @DNforHR @AfricanCentre @USEmbassyKRT @AfricaAW @UKinSudan @RepSaraJacobs @Af4HA @_Nalafem @BSonblast @noonforwomen @el_karama @feministconsci1 @SudanHRH @NidalSaad4 @Sarajalilo @NU_B_YA @dalia_eltahir @Moh_Gamea @SimsimAlbadri @HkZuk @AfriFeminists @DutchMFA @fidh_un @GCR2P @CIHRS_Alerts @ISHRglobal @UNTrustFundEVAW @unwomensudan @NLinSudan @Halayalkarib @ngowgwps @Roaarabi2 @JamesCopnall @DavidLammy @antonioguterres @ikhlassahmed77 @kajakallas @EU_SUDAN @eu_echo @eu_eeas

SIHA Network wishes you a joyous and festive Easter holiday! May season bring newness, hope and rest alongside cherished family and friends 🍃

🚨 In its new report titled, “There Is Something I Want to Tell You…” Surviving the Sexual Violence Crisis in Darfur, Doctors Without Borders/ Médecins Sans Frontières (@MSF) draws on testimonies from victims and survivors, alongside medical data, to expose the enormous scale of sexual violence perpetrated against women and girls amid the current conflict in #Sudan and the conditions that allow it to continue. For us at SIHA Network, this body of work reaffirms a core truth that we have consistently emphasized since the outbreak of the war and for the past 24 years of violence in #Darfur - that these statistics represent a destruction of life that cannot be reduced to numbers alone. This crisis demands urgent action: comprehensive support for victims and survivors, serious protection measures for civilians, and real accountability to end the cycle of impunity. Read the full report here: msf.org/report-survivi… #KeepEyesOnSudan #KeepEyesOnDarfur #MoreThanNumbers ------------------------ @Halayalkarib @msf_arabic @UN_HRC @UNGeneva @UNHumanRights @UN_Sudan @UNDP_Sudan @UNOCHA_Sudan @DWAG6 @DNforHR @AfricanCentre @USEmbassyKRT @AfricaAW @UKinSudan @RepSaraJacobs @Af4HA @_Nalafem @BSonblast @noonforwomen @el_karama @feministconsci1 @SudanHRH @NidalSaad4 @Sarajalilo @HkZuk @AfriFeminists @fidh_un @GCR2P @CIHRS_Alerts @ISHRglobal @UNTrustFundEVAW @unwomensudan @NLinSudan @DefendDefenders @ngowgwps @Roaarabi2 @JamesCopnall @DavidLammy @antonioguterres @AyinSudan @_AfricanUnion @sudan_doctors @SecRubio @Swiss_Khartoum @AmbRamsoekh @RadioDabanga @kajakallas @EU_SUDAN

مفقودة خرجت رقيّة إبراهيم من منزل أسرتها في منطقة الجخيس بأم درمان، في ٢٦ يونيو ٢٠٢٣، لشراء الثلج، ولم تعد منذ ذلك اليوم. كانت رقيّة تبلغ من العمر ١٦ عامًا عند اختفائها. ما زالت أسرتها، لا سيّما والدتها، تتمسّك بالأمل في عودتها سالمة. إذا كانت لديكنّ/م أي معلومات عن مكان وجود رقيّة، يُرجى التواصل عبر الأرقام أدناه: +٢٤٩٩٦٤٨٨٢٧٥٥ +٢٤٩١١٤٨١٥٥٤٧ إن المئات من النساء والفتيات ما زلن مفقودات خلال الحرب في #السودان. يجب ألّا تغيب قضاياهنّ عن الذاكرة، ولا بدّ من مواصلة الجهود للكشف عن مصيرهنّ، وإرجاعهنّ لذويهنّ الذين طال انتظارهم. #أين_رقية #مفقودات_السودان

Missing Roqia Ibrahim left her family home in Omdurman, Al-Jakhis, on June 26, 2023, to purchase ice from a nearby shop and hasn't been seen since. She was 16 years old at the time. Her family, particularly her mother, continues to hold out hope for her safe return. If you have any information about Roqia's location, please contact: +249964882755 +249114815547 Sudanese women and girls have disappeared in the hundreds amid the current war in Sudan. Don’t let them be forgotten - keep the efforts to find Sudan’s missing women and girls intact today. #BringBackMissingGirlsAndWomenInSudan #WhereIsRoqia #LostSudaneseSisters --------------------------- @UN_HRC @UNGeneva @UNHumanRights @GAC_Corporate @UN_Sudan @DefendDefenders @UNDP_Sudan @UNOCHA_Sudan @DWAG6 @DNforHR @AfricanCentre @USEmbassyKRT @AfricaAW @UKinSudan @RepSaraJacobs @Af4HA @_Nalafem @BSonblast @noonforwomen @el_karama @feministconsci1 @SudanHRH @NidalSaad4 @Sarajalilo @NU_B_YA @dalia_eltahir @Moh_Gamea @SimsimAlbadri @HkZuk @AfriFeminists @DutchMFA @fidh_un @GCR2P @CIHRS_Alerts @ISHRglobal @UNTrustFundEVAW @unwomensudan @NLinSudan @Halayalkarib @ngowgwps @Roaarabi2 @JamesCopnall @DavidLammy @antonioguterres @ikhlassahmed77 @kajakallas @EU_SUDAN @eu_echo @eu_eeas

The psychological toll of violence against women and girls in Sudan is profound, with victims haunted by the shadow of terrors they have had to endure. These scars run deep – through the lives of individuals, families and communities at large. #MorethanNumbers – SIHA Network’s Report on the State of Violence Against Women and Girls in Sudan puts forward mental health as an issue as urgent as physical safety. Survivors need psychological support, safe spaces, and community care to begin healing from these hidden wounds. Read the full report here: sihanet.org/wp-content/upl… Photo Credit: Faiz Abubakr #KeepEyesOnSudan #KeepEyesOnDarfur --------------------------- @Halayalkarib @UN_HRC @UNGeneva @eu_eeas @UNHumanRights @UN_Sudan @UNDP_Sudan @UNOCHA_Sudan @DWAG6 @DNforHR @AfricanCentre @USEmbassyKRT @AfricaAW @UKinSudan @RepSaraJacobs @Af4HA @_Nalafem @BSonblast @noonforwomen @el_karama @feministconsci1 @SudanHRH @NidalSaad4 @Sarajalilo @HkZuk @AfriFeminists @DutchMFA @fidh_un @GCR2P @CIHRS_Alerts @ISHRglobal @UNTrustFundEVAW @unwomensudan @NLinSudan @DefendDefenders @ngowgwps @Roaarabi2 @JamesCopnall @DavidLammy @antonioguterres @AyinSudan @_AfricanUnion @sudan_doctors @SecRubio @Swiss_Khartoum @AmbRamsoekh @RadioDabanga @kajakallas @EU_SUDAN @eu_echo

🌙 Eid Mubarak from SIHA Network! As we celebrate with family, friends, and communities near and far, we hope this Eid brings moments of peace, renewed hope, and the promise of new beginnings for everyone. May it remind us of the power of compassion, solidarity, and shared humanity.

On 12 March, @LegalActionWorldwide and @Sihanet convened a powerful side event at the Commission on the Status of Women in New York City. They launched the report “Over 500 Days of Siege”, exposing how foreign arms fueled the Rapid Support Forces siege of El Fasher and enabled widespread sexual and genocidal violence. Speakers including @NadiaTaha, @JoyNgoziEzeilo, LAW ED @AntoniaMulvey and @MacarenaSáez emphasized documentation, survivor voices, and strategic litigation, including cases before the International Criminal Court as pathways to justice. ⚖️ Survivors in Darfur must be heard. Accountability cannot wait. #CSW70 #JusticeForDarfur #SudanCrisis #EndSexualViolence #AccountabilityNow #WomenDemandJustice #DarfurJustice #EndImpunity

𝐁𝐞𝐲𝐨𝐧𝐝 𝐑𝐞𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬: 𝐒𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐀𝐜𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐉𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐒𝐮𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐯𝐨𝐫 𝐍𝐞𝐭𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐂𝐑𝐒𝐕 𝐒𝐮𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐯𝐨𝐫𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐍𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐧 𝐔𝐠𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐚 | #𝐂𝐒𝐖𝟕𝟎 📅: 17 March 2026 ⏱️: 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM EAT Format: Virtual Convened by the Golden Women Vision Uganda (GWVU), FIDA-Uganda, the Denis Mukwege Foundation, @MukwegeFound, Global Survivors Fund, @glsurvivorsfund, @Sihanet, and the Ministry of Justice and Constitutional Affairs, Uganda, @MoJCAUG. Registration 🔗: forms.gle/VDQ465mQ4bjLi9… Meeting 🔗: meet.google.com/pzi-zooj-mqc #JusticeForHer #CSW70SideEvent

🚨 اليوم في #CSW70! تنظّم شبكة صيحة آخر جلساتها ضمن الدورة السبعين للجنة الأمم المتحدة المعنيّة بوضع المرأة (CSW) اليوم الخميس ١٢ مارس، الساعة ١٢:٣٠ ظهرًا بتوقيت شرق الولايات المتحدة، في مركز كنيسة الأمم المتحدة، نيويورك (الطابق الثامن). ستتناول الجلسة الأثر المدمّر للحرب المستمرة في #السودان، مع تركيز خاص على الاستخدام الاستراتيجي للعنف الجنسي والإنجابي في دارفور ضد النساء والفتيات. كما ستسلّط الضوء على دور المناصرة القانونية النسوية، والتوثيق المتمحور حول الناجيات، وآليات المحاسبة الدولية في الدفع نحو العدالة وجبر الضرر. 💻 للحضور عن بُعد، يمكنكن/م التسجيل عبر الرابط التالي: forms.office.com/Pages/Response… نتطلّع إلى انضمامكنّ/م إلى هذا النقاش المهم. #SIHAatCSW70

🚨 Today at #CSW70! Join us on 12 March at 12:30 PM EST at the Church Center of the United Nations, New York (8th Floor), for SIHA Network’s last panel. Sexual and reproductive violence has been a central and strategic feature of the war in Sudan, particularly in Darfur, targeting women and girls from native African communities such as the Fur, Masalit, and Zaghawa. Building on the work of SIHA Network and Legal Action Worldwide (LAW), this panel highlights the urgent need to recognize these crimes not as incidental by-products of war, but as core elements of atrocity crimes—especially genocide—requiring strong legal action and accountability. The discussion explores how grassroots documentation, feminist legal strategies, and international accountability mechanisms can work together, using strategic impact litigation to advance justice for survivors and strengthen legal recognition of sexual violence within genocide. 💻 Attending virtually? Register here to receive the online access link: forms.office.com/Pages/Response… Looking forward to an engaging and timely conversation! #SIHAatCSW70 ------------------------- @musawah @awdf01 @ISDAOSankofa @DoriaFund @DutchMFA @GBVnet @Int_IDEA @MalalaFund @NLcivilsociety @OpenSociety @PAXvoorvrede @SOAWR @Swiss_Khartoum @TrustAfrica @UAFAfrica @UNTrustFundEVAW @woman_kind @NLinSudan @Halayalkarib @gatesfoundation @QF @govdotie @FordFoundation @Sida @ngowgwps @democracynow @ObamaFoundation @ClintonFdn @equalfamilylaws @Purposeful_org @UN_Women @unwomenafrica @kajakallas @EU_SUDAN @eu_echo @eu_eeas @LegalActionWW @GAC_Corporate

🚨 REMINDER: Join us tomorrow, 10 March, 10:30 AM EST, at the Church Center of UN Office, New York (Drew Room), at the 70th Session of the Commission on the Status of Women! Be part of our first panel discussion at #CSW70 as we examine the rise of anti-gender backlash across the Greater Horn of Africa and its impact on women’s rights, civic space, and gender equality. The session will also spotlight the ways feminist actors are leveraging legal reform, policy advocacy, and strategic litigation to protect rights, widen access to justice, and build more gender-responsive legal systems. 💻 Can't join us in person? No problem! Register now to receive the virtual event link and join us remotely: forms.office.com/Pages/Response… We can’t wait to connect with you! #SIHAatCSW70 ----------------------- @musawah @awdf01 @ISDAOSankofa @DoriaFund @DutchMFA @GBVnet @Int_IDEA @MalalaFund @NLcivilsociety @OpenSociety @PAXvoorvrede @SOAWR @Swiss_Khartoum @TrustAfrica @UAFAfrica @UNTrustFundEVAW @woman_kind @NLinSudan @Halayalkarib @gatesfoundation @QF @eu_eeas @FordFoundation @Sida @ngowgwps @democracynow @ObamaFoundation @ClintonFdn @equalfamilylaws @Purposeful_org @UN_Women @unwomenafrica @kajakallas @EU_SUDAN @eu_echo

As we mark this #InternationalWomensDay under the theme #Rights. Justice. Action, it is clear that justice and accountability for women is not a peripheral issue; it is the foundation of peace and stability across the Horn of Africa region. As an organization, we reaffirm our commitment to supporting women across the Horn of Africa in accessing legal support, enabling the effective vindication of their rights. Read our #InternationalWomensDay Statement here: sihanet.org/siha-network-s…