SUDAN NEWS ALERT: Radio Dabanga - Sudanese women demand govt to sign CEDAW

3/1/2020: Radio Dabanga - Sudanese women demand govt to sign CEDAW

Radio Dabanga reports that hundreds of women demonstrated in Khartoum demanding Sudan’s new government sign the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW).

The rally, organised by 60 feminist organisations, moved from the Hadayeg El Shuhada in downtown Khartoum to the offices of the Council of Ministers.

The women raised banners calling on the government to accelerate the signing of the CEDAW agreement. “The entire world, except us. You make us feel ashamed,” they chanted.

CEDAW, described as an international bill of rights for women, is an international treaty adopted in 1979 by the UN General Assembly. As well as Sudan, the only other countries yet to sign CEDAW are: the Vatican, Iran, Somalia and Tonga.