Highlights from SIHA Network's participation at the 2024 FriEnt Peacebuilding Forum in Berlin (June 5-6), where our Regional Programme Manager, Dr. Faizat Badmus-Busari (Dr. FBB), shared valuable insights on feminist activism in militarized cultures and strategies for protecting

#EVENT Join our upcoming #webinar on CEFMU in the Horn of Africa to discuss: 🔍 Trends and challenges 🌍 Focus on Somalia, Sudan, South Sudan, Ethiopia 💡 Successful strategies and future directions Register now: 🔗us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regist… #EndChildMarriage

Thanks for having me on! It was an insightful conversation. SIHA Network

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📢 #ACHPR810S Event Alert Join SIHA Network, Equality Now, FEMNET, and Musawah today at the 81st Ordinary Session of the African Commission on Human and People’s Rights [African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights] Event Details: 🗓️ October 14th 2024 🕘 9:00 AM GMT / 12:00 PM EAT 📍 In-person at the NGO

Per the recommendations of the Equality Now Report on Gender Inequality in Family Laws in Africa, cultural, customary and religious laws should align with human right instruments, as the right to non-discrimination supersedes the rights to culture and religion. Instruments such

‘Sudan’s war is a proxy war where our bodies are being used to wage war by outside forces. Our bodies are being used as tools.’ Harrowing testimony by Hala Y Alkarib on the horrors unfolding in Sudan, and the international community’s deafening silence.

Join us tomorrow for a one-hour press conference to discuss the plight of women and girls in Al-Gezira State, Central #Sudan, and the challenges of humanitarian aid and civilian protection. The press conference will focus on the urgent need for protection, humanitarian aid, and

Join us for a #16Days Virtual Regional Roundtable by UN Women ESA & partners! 🌍✨ Reflect on #EVAWG frameworks, share knowledge, and collaborate for accountability, together to end violence against women and girls. #NoExcuse 📅 2 December🕒 1500 EAT 🔗bit.ly/ESAROVirtualRo…

I’ll speaking at the Virtual Regional Roundtable. Click the link to register SIHA Network #ACTNow #NoExcuse #16DaysActivism

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Women Rights Organizations (WROs) remain the backbone of advocacy, legal reform and service delivery in addressing GBV. - Faizat Badmus-Busari, SIHA Network

Elizabeth from FIDA Uganda speaking on the #MarriageBillUganda - our marriage bill promises a lot of positive things. #ReformFamilyLaw #Komboa SIHA Network

Elizabeth from FIDA Uganda emphasizes the need to keep marriage and divorce within the same bill: “Consent to marriage can be withdrawn — that’s why divorce provisions must not be separated from the marriage law.” #FamilyLawReform #WomenRights SIHA Network #komboa ‘We Cannot Wait’ Movement

Sulieman from the Muslim Center for Justice & Law highlights the need to address current & emerging issues since the 1906 Mohammedan Act. The 2024 Marriage Bill was envisioned as a comprehensive overhaul of Uganda’s family law-a unified legal framework. #FamilyLawReform SIHA Network

WHEN RAPE BECOMES WEAPON OF WAR.  FAIZAT BADMUS-BUSARI argues the urgent need to end sexual violence in Sudan On June 19 annually, the world marks the International Day for the Elimination of Sexual Violence in Conflict. It ow.ly/3KaU106cfZx

Speaking from her work in the Horn of Africa, Dr. Dr. FBB of SIHA Network – a #UNTF x #ACTtoEndViolence grantee partner - called for: 🔸 Scaled-up flexible, core funding for feminist movements 🔸 Costed, multisectoral #EVAW National Action Plans 🔸 Stronger accountability for #EVAW

Ending violence against women & girls is not only a human rights imperative but also a development one. We know what works. Now let’s act. Proud to open today’s 🇺🇳🇪🇺#HLPF2025 side event with Sima Bahous Bahous & our partners to make this a global priority #ACTtoEndViolence

🛡️ How do we defend progress? 🧱 How do we build firewalls against backsliding in girls’ education & women’s health? Let’s name the failures—and commit to bold, practical solutions. Dr Faizat Badmus-Busari SIHA Network #EgumeniDialogue #GEWE