One year after the Rapid Support Forces’ (RSF) seizure of El Fasher, the capital of North Darfur State in Sudan, survivors ...

Your Excellencies, Members of the Committee, distinguished delegates, The Greater Horn of Africa region faces a complex web of violence, protracted conflict, militarization and the rapid flow of arms.

The production of this Annual Monitoring Report was developed under the Inclusive Governance for Peace Project: Promoting Young Women’s Meaningful Political Participation in South Sudan. This was ...

Your Excellencies, Commissioners, distinguished delegates, We thank you for this opportunity to deliver comments on the Draft Declaration on the Promotion of the Role of Human and Peoples’ Rights ...

This gender analysis seeks to assess how effectively South Sudan’s draft Family Law Bill (2022) aligns with the lived realities and needs of women, girls, and communities, as well as with established ...

https://sihanet.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/0839The_Marriage_Bill_2024.pdf ...

Ayan Mohamed Djama is a Legal and Social Consultant with strong expertise in judicial, port, and associative matters, and solid experience in designing, managing, and evaluating high-impact social, ...

Our 2024 Annual Report celebrates the resilience, leadership, and accomplishments of women, girls, and communities across the Greater Horn of Africa. Amid a year shaped by conflict, displacement, ...

The Strategic Initiative for Women in the Horn of Africa (SIHA), is a regional, feminist network with over 250 members working across South Sudan, Sudan, Uganda, Ethiopia, Djibouti and Somalia. It is ...

Thank you for the opportunity to brief you today. I am Hala Alkarib, a Sudanese woman, human rights defender, and regional director of the Strategic Initiative for Women in the Horn of Africa (SIHA), ...

We, women’s rights organizations in Somaliland, strongly condemn the continued practice of Female Genital Mutilation (FGM), which affects 99 percent of women and girls in the country. We recognize ...

SIHA Network presents: “More than Numbers – Report on the State of Violence Against Women and Girls in Sudan (2023-2025)” Victims and survivors in Sudan who are enduring sexual violence and other ...