SUDAN INSIGHT ALERT: Reuters - 'The revolution isn't over' say Sudan's frontline female protesters
Reuters feature piece examines the unsatisfactory women’s rights gains following the end of Sudan’s protests – noting the continuation of forced marriages, public floggings for wearing trousers, FGM, discrimination and harassment.
Asma Ismail said: “there is a sense of frustration as there was an expectation that political parties, civil society, and so forth would prioritise and put the women’s agenda at the forefront, but that did not happen.”
Huda Shafig of the Women of Sudanese Civic and Political Groups coalition, called for gender justice to be “at the top of the government’s agenda,” adding that the “same laws that were there under Bashir are still there.”
Although Sudan’s constitutional declaration promises to guarantee women’s rights during the democratic transition – including the creation of a Women and Gender Equality Commission - women’s rights groups say details such as appointments to the commission and time frames have not been given.