Men Dressed as Women Attack Darfur Female Students

Shocking occurrence in Khartoum…
A group of Darfur female students, discussing the International Criminal Court’s indictment of Sudanese president Omar al-Bashir, were attacked by male members of the National Congress Party (NCP) disguised in women’s clothes to “infiltrate” the setting.
Bashir, who has been indicted on war crimes and crimes against humanity, is a leader of the NCP.
Under Sudanese law, [...]

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“Trapped in Places of Perpetual Insecurity”

A recent study conducted by US-based Physicians for Human Rights reports that over 50% of Darfuri women at a refugee camp in Chad continue to feel threatened by sexual violence.
Many of these women experienced rape in Darfur, fleeing to Chad to escape suffering. Yet in Chad, their place of refuge, sexual violence is alive and well.
According to [...]

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Kristof Discusses Rape

Nicholas Kristof’s latest op-ed discusses rape – a weapon of war which often outlasts the war itself.
Put simply by Kristof -
Even when the fighting ends, the rape continues.
Sexual violence plagues several areas ripped apart by war – Congo, Sudan, Bosnia, Rwanda, Liberia – leaving a lasting impact on women, girls, men, boys, and children born out [...]

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Darfur’s Mothers

This past Sunday, we celebrated Mother’s Day.
Stop Genocide Now has gathered together testimonies of Darfurian mothers.
Some quotes which stood out -
Sometimes…I get together with friends to tell stories about Darfur, about the way life used to be…we keep telling stories, until, sometimes, we weep.
My children are my only hope.
I thank God for everything. It is part [...]

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The Greatest Silence – DRC’s Women Find Their Voice

From the Sisters of St. Joseph of Orange -
Since 1998, a brutal war has been raging in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Over 4 million people have died. And there are the uncountable casualties: the many tens of thousands of women and girls who have been systematically kidnapped, raped, mutilated and tortured by soldiers [...]

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Protecting Darfur’s Women

African Union – UN hybrid peacekeeping mission UNAMID has teamed up with the UN Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM) to push a new initiative aimed at empowering the women of Darfur.
Efforts will go towards achieving gender equality – both politically and economically – and putting an end to sexual and gender-based violence.
It is important for us [...]

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The Most Dangerous Place for Women

As part of its Raise Hope for Congo campaign, the Enough Project has released the ten reasons why Eastern Congo is the most dangerous place on earth for women.
The ten reasons include the following -

Predatory security forces
Lawless militias
A culture of impunity
The resource curse
Poverty
A collapsed health care system
Internal displacement
A failing education system
Gender inequality and cultural barriers
INACTION

Former [...]

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