As per the International Organisation for Migration, over 140 lakh people have fled their homes due to widespread hunger, disease and sexual violence.
Women in Sudan have committed suicide to escape being raped by armed militia, as the conflict has increased risks of sexual violence and forced many women and children to flee.
As per the International Organisation for Migration, over 140 lakh people have fled their homes due to widespread hunger, disease, and sexual violence.
The UN independent international fact-finding mission for Sudan has revealed that paramilitary forces are specifically targeting women. Chairman Mohamed Chande Othman underscored the alarming issue of women and girls being abducted for sexual slavery, asserting that there is no safe haven in Sudan, News Central TV reported .
“From the first day of the war, women have faced sexual violence. Support forces and militias have been entering homes in Khartoum, the capital, committing numerous acts of rape and sexual violence, and this continues,” said Hala Al-Karib, regional director of the Strategic Initiative for Women in the Horn of Africa.
The truth is that sexual violence and rape in Sudan have not happened in isolation. These issues have been present in the country for over 20 years, but they have escalated significantly since the war began, Al-Karib added.
“Our bodies are being used as tools and weapons of war. It is heartbreaking that women in central Sudan are resorting to suicide because they cannot endure the pain of gang rape and torture inflicted by armed militias,” she said.
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