SUDAN INSIGHT ALERT: Sudan Tribune - Sudan needs more reforms to address discriminations against women: SIHA

4/5/2020: Sudan Tribune - Sudan needs more reforms to address discriminations against women: SIHA

 Sudan Tribune report that the Strategic Initiative for Women in the Horn of Africa (SIHA) says that the criminalisation of FGM should not draw attention away from reforms that need to address many laws that remain strongly prejudiced against women in Sudan.

 In a statement, SIHA argue that FGM’s criminalisation “might seem well-intended” but “does not address the root causes of women’s subordination in Sudan which are deeply ingrained in misogynistic attitudes.”

 SIHA Regional Director Hala Alkarib emphasises that “"Sudan’s legal framework is notoriously patriarchal and discriminatory against women. Without addressing the framework as a whole as well as the misogynistic beliefs and practices that maintain