🚨 New Publication Alert: Our latest policy brief takes a close look at the 2019 Anti-FGM Bill, unpacking its strengths, exposing the gaps, and spotlighting opportunities for reform - strengthening the fight to #EndFGM Read the full publication: issuu.com/halayassin/d... #LegislativeReform

When girls are forced into marriage, they are pushed into cycles of poverty and early motherhood. In the fifth #ItsNotYourFault webinar, voices from #GHoA shared how legal reform, education & grassroots action can break the cycle. 🎥 Watch and share: youtu.be/hwr4Aq9zGKg #EndChildMarriage

📣 Women vendors are the lifeline of South Sudan’s economy, yet they face unsafe markets & limited access to resources. Together with our partners, we call on govts, donors & civil society to invest in small businesses & street vendors for a better future: sihanet.org/a-joint-appe... #MakeHerVisible

🎥 We’re looking for skilled audio-visual production specialists to help document the impact of a 5-year regional feminist initiative. We are recruiting: 1️⃣ A Lead Videographer: sihanet.org/job/lead-vid... 2️⃣ Country Videographers: sihanet.org/job/country-... 📅 Deadline - 30th September 2025

Violence against women in Ethiopia is rising despite legal protections. This Ethiopian New Year, we urge all citizens, communities and leaders to confront these failures and commit to a future where women’s rights are upheld. Read the full statement: sihanet.org/from-catcall... #JusticeForWomen

Will you join Richmond and Rogers - at home, at work, and online, in standing up to violence against women and girls⁉️ One day on, we stay the course because #InternationalPeaceDay is a spark, not the finish line. We build peace every day! #PeaceIsEquality #MenForGenderEquality #MenAsAllies

For SIHA Network, peace means justice, dignity, equality and safe communities where women & girls live free from violence. War divides & destroys but peace is built on dialogue, inclusivity & hope. On this #PeaceDay2025, we reaffirm our commitment to resist injustice & to work for peace for all.

SIHA Network is seeking a consultant to design & lead a 3-day digital security workshop for women-led orgs in South Sudan. 📍 Juba | 🕒 Apply by 25 Sept 2025 More information on our website: sihanet.org/job/facilita... #FeministJobs #ConsultancyOpportunity

As we gear up for #InternationalPeaceDay, today we center on the experiences of women market vendors in Arua City, whose visions of peace call for dignity, justice, and freedom from harassment in the spaces where they earn their livelihoods. #InternationalPeaceDay2025 #PeaceDay2025 #MakeHerVisible

📘 A must-read: Our latest research exposes the human cost of Sudan’s ongoing crisis, how targeted violence against women and girls reflects broader systems of oppression, and why justice must begin with visibility! 🔎 Read: sihanet.org/out-of-sight... #KeepEyesOnSudan #StopCRSV #UNSudanFFM

On 9 September, at the 60th Session of the Human Rights Council, SIHA Network called for urgent action to end atrocities in Sudan. We urged the Council to renew the Fact-Finding Mission, ensure justice, support women defenders, and stand against genocide in Darfur. 🔗 sihanet.org/siha-network...

"When the gov't didn’t see us, our savings groups became our bank, hospital & school fees provider." During a recent webinar, women from the #GHoA reimagined access to resources & social protection as a feminist force for justice & empowerment. 🎥 Watch: youtu.be/4GmP0suS448 #ItsNotYourFault

With the inevitable focus on #Gaza and #Ukraine, it seems the world has forgotten #Sudan ias #civilwar continues to ravage the country. This as #rape is being used as a weapon of terror. For #The51%, I talk to Hala al-Karib of @sihanetwork.bsky.social on efforts to hold perpetrators accountable. 🇸🇩

SIHA Network is seeking remote experts in gender, law, & human rights to support legal reform in South Sudan. The role focuses on analyzing the Western Bahr El Ghazal Customary Laws Act, 2025 to strengthen protections for women & girls. Apply by 15 Sept: sihanet.org/job/consulta... #FeministJobs

The IMatter Workshop: Shaping the Future of Global South Feminist Funding will take place tomorrow, Sept 10, at 4 PM EAT. Explore alternative funding models, share best practices, and develop strategies to sustain feminist movements. 🔗 Join via this Zoom link: us06web.zoom.us/j/8523214873...

Join Amnesty International and SIHA Network at the #HRC60 side event “Justice Through Her Eyes” to discuss survivors’ urgent needs, the Fact Finding Mission (FFM) Mandate’s work, and the call to extend its mandate. Sept 10, 12:00 CEST, Room VIII, Palais des Nations, Geneva #KeepEyesOnSudan

🌙 On this sacred day of Mawlid Al-Nabi, we are reminded of Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him )'s teachings of compassion, justice, and peace! May the day inspire us all to foster the same values within our communities and beyond. #MawlidMubarak #MawlidAlNabi

SIHA Network is hiring a consultant to design and lead a 3-day Digital Security Workshop in Kampala 🇺🇬, empowering women’s rights organizations to strengthen their resilience against online threats and anti-gender backlash. Apply here before September 16: sihanet.org/job/10857/ #FeministJobs

🚨 Across the Greater Horn of Africa, women and girls face sexual violence used as a weapon of war. SIHA’s latest regional webinar shared realities on the ground and feminist strategies for justice, protection, and resilience. 🎥 Watch here and share: youtu.be/CJ2cYJ7jqoI #ItsNotYourFault

Exciting opportunities with SIHA Network! Join us as a consultant in South Sudan, Somaliland, or Remote/Ethiopia to promote women’s rights, gender justice, and vibrant feminist movements across the Greater Horn of Africa region. Apply by 9 Sep / 3 Oct here: sihanet.org/careers/ #FeministJobs

Standing up to conflicted related sexual violence (CRSV) is painful, dangerous, and lonely; yet urgent and necessary! 📖 Read Hala Alkarib’s powerful reflection and share widely: sihanet.org/a-lonely-roa... #KeepEyesOnSudan #StopCSRV

Over 1,500 civilians were massacred in the Zamzam camp. In this investigative report by @theguardian.com, survivors demand justice. Please read, share, and amplify their truth: www.theguardian.com/global-devel... #KeepEyesOnSudan #ZamzamMassacre

A new research conducted by SIHA Network exposes harsh realities faced by Women Market Vendors in Arua City, Uganda; including unsafe workplaces, sexual harassment & social exclusion. This calls for urgent policy change! 📚 Read & share the full report: issuu.com/halayassin/d... #MakeHerVisible

🌍 Women Market Vendors are the backbone of local economies yet face unsafe work, harassment & exclusion. At a #RegionalLearningExchange event that brought together 50➕ participants, they demanded dignity, safety & justice. 📣 Read the Press Statement: sihanet.org/unsafe-and-u... #MakeHerVisible

SIHA Network calls for urgent justice reforms and independent oversight to end the systematic abuse of women in #Sudan. Intisar’s acquittal shows the cost of criminalizing women. Justice can’t wait. #JusticeForWomen #IntisarIsNotAlone

SIHA Network joins 96 civil society organizations in urging the UN to renew Sudan’s Fact-Finding Mission for 2 years. Millions face violence, displacement, and abuse. Accountability is urgent. Read the full joint statement here: sihanet.org/siha-togethe... Photo Credit: Faiz Abubakr #KeepEyesOnSudan

On August 7, SIHA Network’s Uncut Truths webinar on FGM/C in the #HornofAfrica called for stronger regional unity, amplifying local voices and deep community action. Speaker Dr. Mariam urged: “Use your voice, raise awareness and challenge harmful norms.” Watch it here: youtu.be/Z92chNUC13c #EndFGM

In Sudan, enforced disappearance is being used as a weapon of war against women and girls. SIHA has documented over 291 cases of enforced disappearance, with 88% still missing. SIHA and Global Rights Compliance call for immediate international action in response to this plight: cutt.ly/grGuTxRw.

“No one cares about the stigma, trauma or lives lost,” said Shamsa, a speaker from Somalia, at SIHA’s first #ItsNotYourFault regional webinar on femicide. Activists and survivors from the #GHoA highlighted how militarization, culture & religion drive violence and urged women to speak out against it.

🔴 We tackled femicide head-on in our latest regional webinar with activists, legal experts & survivors. From structural violence to legal impunity, the conversation was urgent, raw, and action-focused. 🎥 Watch & share the full recording: www.youtube.com/watch?v=&ab_... #ItsNotYourFault #StopVAWG

On Thurs, 7 Aug 2025, we shall join @sihanetwork.bsky.social & the West Nile Women’s Network for a vital regional dialogue on Female Genital Mutilation in the Greater Horn of Africa. We will unpack the cultural, systemic & religious roots of FGM and explore ways to end it. #ItsNotYourFault #EndFGM

SIHA, together with Global Rights Compliance, submitted inputs to the UN Committee on Enforced Disappearances on its draft General Comment on “Women, Girls and Enforced Disappearances.” Read about the submission: sihanet.org/together-wit... Read the submission: cutt.ly/xrDOImvg #KeepEyesOnSudan

🛑 It’s Not Too Late - Somali women demand 30% representation in SSC-Khatumo Because without women, there is no justice, and there is no peace! ✔️ End the outdated 4.5 formula ✔️ No tokenism. No exclusion. This is a call for justice, not symbolism! 🔗 Read and share: sihanet.org/joint-statem...

📰 Our latest newsletter is here! 🔗 Get inspired by accounts of how women and girls across the Greater Horn of Africa are resisting, rebuilding, and redefining power amid conflict and shrinking civic space: mailchi.mp/961a85edb488...

🚨 Only a few hours left to wrap up @globalgiving.bsky.social’s #JulyBonusDay! GIVE BY 2:00 PM GMT / 10:00 AM EDT / 5:00 PM EAT / 4:00 PM CAT TODAY: www.globalgiving.org/projects/pad... to help unlock bonus funds for women-led community kitchens in North Darfur ⤵️ #KeepEyesOnSudan #FeedDarfur

📅 Mark your calendar for July 16 - a powerful day of giving! Support women in North Darfur who, amid war, run community kitchens and prepare 200+ meals daily with limited resources. Stand with them for 24 hours of impact and solidarity. For 24 hrs only, donations of $100–$1,000 will be matched!

From Kampala’s streets to the markets of West Nile, women in Uganda’s informal economy are the backbone of families, communities, and local economies. THEIR IMPACT IS PROFOUND! #MakeHerVisible #WomenUganda2025+

🎗️ A historic first: Petrified Survivors - the world’s first memorial for survivors of conflict related sexual violence has been unveiled! We are proud to have contributed by sharing experiences of resilient Sudanese women amid the ongoing conflict ⤵️ #ForSurvivorsBySurvivors #KeepEyesOnSudan

📢 In this op-ed in The New Humanitarian, our Regional Director, Hala Al-Karib, warns of escalating sexual violence and the growing strain on frontline women-led groups amid Sudan’s ongoing conflict. 🔗 Read and share: www.thenewhumanitarian.org/opinion/2025... #KeepEyesOnSudan #ReBuildSudanWithHer

🚨 #JusticeForFahimaAndFarah Two sisters, Fahima (16) and Farah (17) were recently brutally beaten and gang-raped by 25 men in Somalia. 21 suspects were arrested but 4 remain at large. Join us in calling for justice and an end to such impunity: sihanet.org/the-case-of-... #SayNoToSexualViolence

On this #TBT, we honour every ally who stood with us at the 83rd Session of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights! Our statement was more than a report - it was a cry from the ground, amplifying urgent feminist issues from across the #HornOfAfrica 📚 Read: sihanet.org/83rd-ordinar...

🍒 From roadside stalls to markets, women power local economies with resilience and vision; yet their contributions often go unrecognized. Now is the time to stand with them - by investing in their potential, protecting their rights and building systems that enable them to thrive! #WomenUganda2025+

📣 Our Regional Director, Hala Al-Karib, will be speaking at an in-person event organized on the sidelines of the 59th Session of the Human Rights Council ⤵️ 📍 Palais des Nations, Geneva 📅 25 June | 🕐 1–2 PM CEST 🔗 To book your spot, RSVP here: forms.office.com/pages/respon... #EndVAW #HRC59

🚨 On this International Day for the Elimination of Sexual Violence in Conflict, we remember the victims and survivors of conflict related sexual violence, and raise our voices in solidarity! 🔍 Recommended read: Gezira State and the Forgotten Atrocities ⤵️ 📄 EN/AR: issuu.com/halayassin/d...

💥 We're excited to join Womankind Worldwide in amplifying the #SafeInEverySpace campaign happening every Thursday ⤵️ The drive highlights the violence women & girls face in all their diversities & calls for action rooted in solidarity & resistance 🔗 Learn more: www.womankind.org.uk/womankind-am...

What if work had no gender? SIHA’s Vocational Training Program in #SouthSudan is helping make this a reality. It equips migrant girls with skills in fields like car mechanics and welding, empowering them to be self-reliant, challenge gender norms, and pursue livelihoods in non-traditional careers.

Diversity and edutainment shaped SIHA Network's #SportsforChange event in Arua City 🇺🇬, uniting key community actors through games and dialogue on preventing and responding to sexual and gender based violence. The event promoted inclusion, awareness, and collective action on women's rights. #EndSGBV

Today we’re inspired by 10 young women who joined our Women, Peace and Security Mentorship Programme to champion gender-inclusive peacebuilding and governance in Somalia. Their voices show the power of diverse feminist perspectives 💜 #YesTo1325 #FeministLeadership

Help bring SIHA Network’s Justice for Women campaign to life in the #HornofAfrica! We're hiring a consultant for legal advocacy & gender justice communications. Apply by June 20 👉 sihanet.org/job/developm... #FeministJobs

✨ Inspiring moments! Pictorial impressions of our Regional Director Hala Al-Karib at the Global Forum on Women, Peace and Security in Prishtina, Kosovo. During the event, Hala engaged in powerful conversations on justice and peace, and connected with the resilient Mothers of Srebrenica 💜 #WPS