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SIHA Network
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A Pan-African, women-led regional network dedicated to unlocking the potential of the women's movement in the Horn of Africa through research, advocacy, and capacity strengthening.
SIHA is seeking to support emerging African feminist researchers between the ages of 18-35 in investigating the impact of gender backlash & anti-rights movements against women & girls in the #HornofAfrica, using any creative format.

Apply by Dec 15, 2025 here: sihanet.org/job/conduct-...
December 1, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Women’s voices matter. In Arua City, Uganda, SIHA Network and partners launched the “Unsafe and Unheard” report, giving market women a platform to share challenges and solutions for fair working conditions in local markets.
Read it here: issuu.com/halayassin/d...

#MakeHerVisible #WomenUganda2025
December 1, 2025 at 10:02 AM
Religion and culture shape societies but can limit women’s rights. In the final #ItsNotYourFault webinar, experts from Sudan, Somalia, Ethiopia & Uganda explored these challenges and shared how women are reclaiming their rights.
🎥 Watch the full recording here: youtu.be/tcaglgZbl7Y
#GenderEquality
November 27, 2025 at 9:47 AM
After El Fasher’s fall, women and girls face rape, abduction, and displacement as protection systems collapse. SIHA’s Iklhass Ahmed urges immediate global action for protection, justice, and survivor support.

🔗 Read the full statement here: sihanet.org/urgent-appea...

#KeepEyesOnSudan
November 26, 2025 at 8:20 PM
SIHA Network joins #16DaysofActivism, calling for urgent action to #EndDigitalViolence.

Across the #HornofAfrica, women, activists, and journalists face cyberstalking, harassment, and online abuse that often spills into real-life harm.

It’s time to ensure #DigitalSafety for all.

#NoExcuse
November 25, 2025 at 8:29 AM
Don’t miss the powerful film premiere where Sudanese women reclaim their stories of resilience, love, loss and hope.

Join the virtual screening during #16DaysofActivism on 25 November 2025 and be part of this moment of voices rising and stories remembered.

🎥 www.youtube.com/user/musawah
November 24, 2025 at 11:07 AM
SIHA Network reports serious human rights abuses in Barah, North Kordofan, including sexual violence by the RSF. We call on the international community to act immediately to end the atrocities and overall impunity.
Read and share our full statement here: sihanet.org/unchecked-br...

#KeepEyesOnSudan
November 20, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Safety is a privilege for too many.
In the manual “Between Poverty and Trauma,” SIHA Network highlights the struggles of migrant women, domestic workers, survivors of trafficking and sexual violence, offering practical guidance for safe shelters, dignity and protection.
📚 issuu.com/halayassin/d...
November 20, 2025 at 10:22 AM
Access to justice is key to ending violence against women and girls. 💜
SIHA Network recently convened a Coalition-Building Meeting in Addis Ababa, bringing together women’s rights groups, lawyers, and community stakeholders in driving accountability.
#EndViolenceAgainstWomenandGirls #AccessToJustice
November 19, 2025 at 11:08 AM
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Gender justice is essential for peace. Our Baidoa campaign encouraged conversations on equality, safety, and dignity for every woman and girl. 💛 We thank our partner, @sihanetwork.bsky.social , for their strong support and collaboration.
November 14, 2025 at 5:19 PM
🚨 The situation in El Fasher, North Darfur, Sudan, has spiraled into a full-blown humanitarian catastrophe. In a public briefing with GIWPS, our Regional Director delivers a searing account of what’s happening on the ground

📽️ Watch: www.youtube.com/watch?v=RE2y...

#KeepEyesOnSudan #ElFasher
Women Bearing Witness: Sudan’s Escalating Crisis
YouTube video by Georgetown Institute for Women, Peace & Security
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November 18, 2025 at 9:30 AM
On this #FeministFriday, we honour Purposeful for supporting girls’ leadership. Violence against women and girls isn’t inevitable. In Sierra Leone, Girls’ Circles Collectives help girls build power and safety, leave abusive relationships, and take the lead in ending cycles of violence. 💜

#EndGBV
November 14, 2025 at 9:37 AM
💡 Read about women at the heart of conflict. SIHA Network’s "Gender, Conflict, and Power Analysis" explores women’s priorities, participation, and paths to inclusive peace in Ethiopia, Somalia, South Sudan & Sudan.

Explore and share essential insights for lasting change: issuu.com/halayassin/d...
November 13, 2025 at 10:10 AM
Every girl deserves to take up space, to speak, to lead and to shine.

SIHA Network closed the “We Have Rights” Project, celebrating 3 years of justice, survivor support, legal reform and leadership for IDP & minority women in Somalia and Somaliland.
Thanks to all who made it possible.

#WomenLead
November 11, 2025 at 3:35 PM
In Arua 🇺🇬, women market vendors are leading change through #StrongerTogether Market Platforms, by engaging authorities and pushing for safer, more inclusive markets.

#MakeHerVisible #WomenUganda2025
November 10, 2025 at 9:59 AM
🚨 Press Statement: SIHA reveals new evidence and survivor testimonies from #Darfur - the RSF continues its campaign of genocide and sexual violence in #ElFasher. Thousands of lives are at risk.

The world must not stay silent.

Read our statement here: sihanet.org/new-evidence...

#KeepEyesOnSudan
November 9, 2025 at 8:05 AM
Join SIHA Network at the Africa Family Law Network (AFLN) Membership Drive Launch!

🗓️ 13 Nov 2025 | 🕚 11:00 AM EAT | 🔗 lnkd.in/dHi6rXY5

Together for fair, inclusive family laws and gender equality across Africa. 💪🏾
November 8, 2025 at 8:26 PM
SIHA Network calls on female artists & photographers in the #HornofAfrica to share works highlighting women’s strength & resilience. Use your art to amplify #WomensVoices!

Apply by 28 Nov 2025:
📷 sihanet.org/job/call-for...

🎨 sihanet.org/job/call-to-...

#ArtForChange
November 7, 2025 at 2:29 PM
“This is a world of men, by men, for men. The political space is not friendly to women"

To achieve lasting peace, we must challenge political systems that exclude women and young people from the start. Let's work to center inclusion, in peace.

Read our Op-ed on this: sihanet.org/womens-parti...
November 7, 2025 at 10:15 AM
Proud to see SIHA Network and the WCW Consortium featured in “The Power of Partnerships” publication by @partosnl.bsky.social 🌍
The publication shares stories from partnerships driving change through the Dutch MFA’s Strengthening Civil Society framework.

Read more at 👉 www.partos.nl/nieuws/the-p...
November 6, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Somalia is stepping up to end #FGM.

SIHA Network and GIZ, with Somalia’s Ministry of Family and Human Rights Development, gathered key voices to push the Anti-FGM Bill forward, calling for accountability, survivor support, alternative livelihoods, and stronger advocacy.

#EndFGM
November 6, 2025 at 9:46 AM
SIHA Network is hiring a Grants Associate to support feminist grant management across the Horn of Africa.

📍 Remote/on-site - Full time

Apply by Nov 15, 2025 here: reliefweb.int/job/4184709/...

#FeministJobs #HiringAlert
November 5, 2025 at 1:48 PM
“We Ran Through the Corpses, Escaping Death Only to Find It Waiting Ahead”

Darfur Advocacy Group, supported by SIHA Network, reports ongoing genocide and grave human rights violations by RSF against civilians in #ElFasher, North Darfur: sihanet.org/wp-content/u...

#KeepEyesOnSudan
November 3, 2025 at 7:50 PM
🚨 SIHA Network is proud to support the Arusha Initiative’s 2025 Days of Action!

Calling on countries in the Horn of Africa to nominate #AfricasBest for the African Union’s #HumanRights mechanisms.

Let’s strengthen leadership & representation across #Africa. 🌍

#ArushaInitiative
November 3, 2025 at 8:54 AM
🚨 SIHA Network strongly stands against the RSF’s genocide in El Fasher, executing civilians, abducting women & children, and displacing thousands. The African Union and the global community’s silence enables these atrocities.
The world must act now!

📃 Read our statement: sihanet.org/el-fasher-an...
October 29, 2025 at 9:24 PM