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 Re: المرأة السودانية (Re: Malika Ouahidy)
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Since gaining independence in 1956, Sudan's various constitutions have granted equal rights and duties to all Sudanese people, irrespective of gender, but these rights have not been brought to bear. For example, in 2000, the Governor of Khartoum issued a decree barring women from working in public places. Sudanese women activists are skeptical that gender equality will ever become a reality, despite promises in the 2005 CPA to help women advance politically, socially and economically by improving things like access to and quality of maternal and child healthcare.
For the most part, Sudanese women remain confined to the private sphere where they are responsible for domestic chores, which is traditionally unpaid work. In Sudanese society, a woman's primary traditional social role is marriage and bearing children. Having many children is a wife's principal function and her ability to do so is often the only measure of her worth. Because of this, Sudanese fertility rates are among the highest in the world, as are maternal death rates during childbirth where 590 women die for every 100,000 live births. This emphasis on traditional roles also contributes to high primary school drop-out rates leading to rampant illiteracy among the female population.
Another issue for Sudanese women is the practice of female genital cutting (FGC). According to experts, FGC is more commonly practiced in Sudan than anywhere else in the world. Almost 90 percent of the country's female population experiences this custom, often in its most extreme form. A woman who does not undergo the FGC procedure risks being shunned. Communities impose harsh sanctions against an uncircumcised women and their families to ensure compliance, including restricting her association with other circumcised girls, calling her derogatory names, and denying her status and access to positions that adult women in that community may occupy. In communities that practice FGC, an uncircumcised female will never be seen as a woman in the eyes of the community.
In addition to socially excluding laws and rigid cultural practices, the conflict in Darfur has had a particularly negative effect on women. Rape has been used as a tool of war to terrorize the population and manipulate the local gene pool. The actual number of rapes is difficult to discern because many victims do not report it due to fear of further stigmatization and even criminalization. In several cases, women were abducted by rapists for several days and kept as sex slaves. Some rape survivors suffered serious physical injuries, including broken bones or burns. After rape, it's not uncommon for women to be deserted by their families because they are "disgraced." Many women also believe they cannot marry because they are "damaged."
Women have been largely excluded from the peace process despite their large role in the intertribal reconciliation efforts across southern Sudan. Currently, there are only two female ministers in the government and no significant representation of women in strategic ministries, such as foreign affairs, finance and defense, or in the judiciary.
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| المرأة السودانية | Malika Ouahidy | 01-16-08, 07:20 PM |
| Re: المرأة السودانية | أحمد الشايقي | 01-16-08, 07:44 PM |
| Re: المرأة السودانية | Malika Ouahidy | 01-17-08, 07:44 AM |
 Re: المرأة السودانية | AMNA MUKHTAR | 01-16-08, 08:51 PM |
| Re: المرأة السودانية | Malika Ouahidy | 01-17-08, 10:55 AM |
 Re: المرأة السودانية | عبد الناصر الخطيب | 01-16-08, 09:50 PM |
| Re: المرأة السودانية | Malika Ouahidy | 01-18-08, 09:33 AM |
| Re: المرأة السودانية | M A Muhagir | 01-16-08, 11:11 PM |
| Re: المرأة السودانية | Raja | 01-17-08, 00:29 AM |
| Re: المرأة السودانية | Malika Ouahidy | 01-19-08, 07:49 AM |
| Re: المرأة السودانية | Malika Ouahidy | 01-18-08, 10:40 AM |
| Re: المرأة السودانية | Basheer abusalif | 01-18-08, 11:09 AM |
| Re: المرأة السودانية | M A Muhagir | 01-18-08, 12:09 PM |
| Re: المرأة السودانية | tarig almakki | 01-19-08, 08:45 AM |
| Re: المرأة السودانية | Malika Ouahidy | 01-20-08, 08:23 AM |
| Re: المرأة السودانية | Ishraga Mustafa | 01-20-08, 10:30 AM |
| Re: المرأة السودانية | Malika Ouahidy | 01-20-08, 01:45 PM |
| Re: المرأة السودانية | Malika Ouahidy | 01-24-08, 02:45 PM |
| Re: المرأة السودانية | حسين يوسف احمد | 01-24-08, 03:35 PM |
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