SUDAN INSIGHT ALERT: AFP – Sudanese women hope new government ends flogging, violence

24/11/19: AFP – Sudanese women hope new government ends flogging, violence

 In a feature piece, AFP explored the legal and societal conditions of Sudanese women.

 Halima Abdalla (not her real name) spoke of her flogging for drinking alcohol, telling AFP that the judge who ordered her punishment said: “we (Islamists) have been in power for more than 20 years and there are still girls who look like this?'"

 Abdalla added that she is bitter about Sudanese society's enduring attitude towards women, including that of her own family.

 Suleima Sharif, who heads a government committee combatting violence against women said: "we have a lot of systemic violence against women aimed at limiting their participation in political and social life, citing laws that encourage violence against women.

 Khartoum's renowned tea seller Awadiya Mahmoud Kuku, a campaigner for the rights of female tea vendors, told AFP that local police continue to harass her peers on the capital's streets.