The most comprehensive compilation of information on the status of
women in the world.

Latest items for Sudan

April 1, 2026, 7:28 p.m.
Countries: Sudan
Variables: LRW-PRACTICE-2

“UNICEF cited ‘data compiled by gender-based violence service providers in Sudan’ that showed 221 rape cases against children have been documented since the beginning of 2024. Of those, 147 were girls, meaning 33 percent of rape victims were boys. Sixteen of the survivors were under five years of age and four of them were only one year old. ‘These figures represent only a small fraction of total cases. Survivors and their families are often unwilling or unable to come forward due to challenges accessing services and frontline workers, fear of the stigma they could face, the fear of rejection from their family or community, the fear of retribution from armed...more
April 1, 2026, 7:28 p.m.
Countries: Sudan
Variables: LRW-PRACTICE-1

“Some of the victims who spoke with U.N. investigators said they were forced to exchange sexual favors for food, supplies, or protection from mortal danger. Others said they were trafficked beyond Sudan’s borders for sexual exploitation. The report was somewhat elusive about which groups of ‘armed men’ perpetrated each of the documented assaults, possibly because the victims were afraid to identify their assailants. The report never directly mentions either of the warring parties by name: the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) under the command of Gen. Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, the nominal head of Sudan’s junta government, and the Rapid Support Forces under the control of Mohamed Hamdan ‘Hemedti’ Dagalo” (para 11-12)....more
April 1, 2026, 7:28 p.m.
Countries: Sudan
Variables: LRW-LAW-1

“‘Millions of children in Sudan are at risk of rape and other forms of sexual violence, which is being used as a tactic of war. This is an abhorrent violation of international law and could constitute a war crime. It must stop,’ [UNICEF Executive Director Catherine] Russell said" (para 5). "UNICEF called on the government of Sudan and ‘all parties’ to respect their obligations under human rights law and stop using sexual violence as a ‘tactic of war,’ which would imply that both sides to the brutal Sudanese civil war are guilty of offenses. Another UNICEF press release denounced sexual violence in Sudan as a ‘war crime’” (para 7-8).more
April 1, 2026, 7:28 p.m.
Countries: Sudan
Variables: LRW-DATA-1

“UNICEF cited ‘data compiled by gender-based violence service providers in Sudan’ that showed 221 rape cases against children have been documented since the beginning of 2024. Of those, 147 were girls, meaning 33 percent of rape victims were boys. Sixteen of the survivors were under five years of age and four of them were only one year old” (para 1). "UNICEF’s full report on sexual violence in Sudan noted that the war has displaced 11 million people and ‘tens of thousands have reportedly been killed,’ not only by violence but by outbreaks of famine and disease. The report argued that fully 25 percent of the Sudanese population should now be...more
April 1, 2026, 7:28 p.m.
Countries: Sudan
Variables: GEW-PRACTICE-2

"UNICEF called on the government of Sudan and ‘all parties’ to respect their obligations under human rights law and stop using sexual violence as a ‘tactic of war,’ which would imply that both sides to the brutal Sudanese civil war are guilty of offenses" (para 7).
April 1, 2026, 7:28 p.m.
Countries: Sudan
Variables: GEW-PRACTICE-1

"’Millions of children in Sudan are at risk of rape and other forms of sexual violence, which is being used as a tactic of war. This is an abhorrent violation of international law and could constitute a war crime. It must stop’" (para 5). "‘Other UN investigations have blamed the majority of rapes on the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), saying RSF fighters had a pattern of using sexual violence to terrorize civilians and suppress opposition to their advances,' the BBC noted on Tuesday. ‘According to evidence presented by international human rights groups, victims in the RSF’s stronghold of Darfur were often targeted because they were black African rather than...more
April 1, 2026, 7:28 p.m.
Countries: Sudan
Variables: GEW-DATA-1

“UNICEF cited ‘data compiled by gender-based violence service providers in Sudan’ that showed 221 rape cases against children have been documented since the beginning of 2024. Of those, 147 were girls, meaning 33 percent of rape victims were boys. Sixteen of the survivors were under five years of age and four of them were only one year old. ‘These figures represent only a small fraction of total cases. Survivors and their families are often unwilling or unable to come forward due to challenges accessing services and frontline workers, fear of the stigma they could face, the fear of rejection from their family or community, the fear of retribution from armed...more
April 1, 2026, 7:28 p.m.
Countries: Sudan
Variables: CWC-DATA-3

"[T]he war has displaced 11 million people" (para 9).
March 11, 2026, 12:45 p.m.
Countries: Sudan
Variables: TRAFF-PRACTICE-2

"'We live in terror,' whispers Layla over the phone so nobody can hear. She fled Sudan with her husband and six children early last year in search of safety and is now in Libya. Like all the Sudanese women who the BBC spoke to about their experiences of being trafficked to Libya, her name has been changed to protect her identity. In a trembling voice she explains how her home in Omdurman had been raided during Sudan's violent civil war, which erupted in 2023. The family went to Egypt first before paying traffickers $350 (£338) to take them to Libya, where they had been told life would be better and...more
March 11, 2026, 12:45 p.m.
Countries: Sudan
Variables: LRW-PRACTICE-3

"She [Salma, Sudanese woman who fled to Libya with her family] says a doctor then told her it was too late for an abortion [cause by being raped by multiple traffickers], and when her husband found out she was pregnant he abandoned her and the children, leaving them to sleep rough, eating leftovers from rubbish bins and begging in the street" (para 26). This information shows the woman who has to go through the punishment of being abandened although being the victim of rape in this situation (MR-CODER COMMENT).
March 11, 2026, 12:45 p.m.
Countries: Sudan
Variables: LRW-PRACTICE-2

"When her [Jamila, 40-year-old Sudanese woman in Libya with her family] daughters were raped the first time, Jamila took them to hospital and reported it to police. But when the police officer realised they were refugees, Jamila says he withdrew the report and warned her that she would be jailed if the complaint was officially filed. This was in the west of Libya" (para 36).
March 11, 2026, 12:45 p.m.
Countries: Sudan
Variables: LRW-PRACTICE-1

"But one day her [Layla, Sudanese woman in Libya] husband left to look for work and never returned. Then her 19-year-old daughter was raped by a man known to the family through Layla's job. 'He told my daughter he would rape her younger sister if she spoke about what he did to her, Layla says" (para 8-9). "'They [the traffickers] would take me [Salma, Sudanese woman in Libya with her family] to a separate room, the 'rape room' with different men each time,' she says. 'I bear the child of one of them'" (para 24). "She [Jamila, 40-year-old Sudanese woman in Libya with her family] fled previous unrest in Sudan's...more
March 11, 2026, 12:45 p.m.
Countries: Sudan
Variables: LRW-DATA-1

"But one day her [Layla, Sudanese woman in Libya] husband left to look for work and never returned. Then her 19-year-old daughter was raped by a man known to the family through Layla's job. 'He told my daughter he would rape her younger sister if she spoke about what he did to her, Layla says" (para 8-9). "'They [the traffickers] would take me [Salma, Sudanese woman in Libya with her family] to a separate room, the 'rape room' with different men each time,' she says. 'I bear the child of one of them'" (para 24). "She [Jamila, 40-year-old Sudanese woman in Libya with her family] fled previous unrest in Sudan's...more
March 11, 2026, 12:45 p.m.
Countries: Sudan
Variables: DTCP-PRACTICE-1

"Hanaa, a Sudanese woman who works gathering plastic bottles from bins to feed her children, says she was abducted in western Libya and taken to a forest and raped at gunpoint by a group of men. The next day her attackers took her to a facility run by the state-funded Stability Support Authority (SSA). Nobody told Hanaa why she had been detained. 'Young men and boys were beaten and forced to completely remove their clothes while I was watching,' Hanaa tells the BBC. 'I was there for days. I slept on the bare floor, resting my head on my plastic slippers. They would let me go to the toilet after...more
March 11, 2026, 12:45 p.m.
Countries: Sudan
Variables: CWC-DATA-3

"'We live in terror,' whispers Layla over the phone so nobody can hear. She fled Sudan with her husband and six children early last year in search of safety and is now in Libya. Like all the Sudanese women who the BBC spoke to about their experiences of being trafficked to Libya, her name has been changed to protect her identity. In a trembling voice she explains how her home in Omdurman had been raided during Sudan's violent civil war, which erupted in 2023. The family went to Egypt first before paying traffickers $350 (£338) to take them to Libya, where they had been told life would be better and...more
March 11, 2026, 12:45 p.m.
Countries: Sudan
Variables: CWC-DATA-2

When her [Jamila, 40-year-old Sudanese woman in Libya with her family] daughters were raped the first time, Jamila took them to hospital and reported it to police. But when the police officer realised they were refugees, Jamila says he withdrew the report and warned her that she would be jailed if the complaint was officially filed. This was in the west of Libya" (para 36). "Libya is not a signatory to the 1951 Refugee Convention or the 1967 protocol relating to the Status of Refugees - and considers refugees and asylum-seekers 'illegal migrants'. The country is divided into two, with each part run by a different government, but the situation...more
Feb. 12, 2026, 3:52 a.m.
Countries: Afghanistan, Angola, Argentina, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Bolivia, Botswana, Burundi, Cameroon, Costa Rica, D R Congo, East Timor, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Fiji, Finland, Gabon, Gambia, Guinea, Guyana, Hungary, Kuwait, Lebanon, Liberia, Malawi, Mali, Morocco, Nepal, Palestine, Papua New Guinea, Romania, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Sierra Leone, Solomon Islands, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Turkey, Uganda, Vanuatu, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Variables: DV-SCALE-1

4
Feb. 5, 2026, 7:22 p.m.
Countries: Sudan
Variables: DV-DATA-1

The 12-month of physical and/or sexual IPV in Sudan is 28.6. To convert this to lifetime prevalence, the ratio of the lifetime IPV estimate (31.8) and the past 12-month IPV estimate (17.3) in the African region was found to be 1.8, and was multiplied by the past 12-month estimate of 28.6. The resulting adjusted lifetime IPV estimate was 52.6. All data is taken from the WHO.
Jan. 29, 2026, 9:44 p.m.
Countries: Afghanistan, Angola, Botswana, Burundi, Cote D'Ivoire, Jordan, Kenya, Lebanon, Lesotho, Mali, Senegal, Solomon Islands, Sudan, Swaziland, Zambia
Variables: LO-SCALE-3

4
Jan. 29, 2026, 9:43 p.m.
Countries: Afghanistan, Angola, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Botswana, Brunei, Burundi, Comoros, Cote D'Ivoire, Indonesia, Iraq, Jordan, Kenya, Kuwait, Lebanon, Lesotho, Libya, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Oman, Senegal, Solomon Islands, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Zambia
Variables: LO-SCALE-2

2
Jan. 29, 2026, 9:38 p.m.
Countries: Afghanistan, Angola, Azerbaijan, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Rep, Chad, Chile, Cote D'Ivoire, D R Congo, Egypt, Gabon, Gambia, Georgia, Ghana, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, India, Jordan, Kenya, Kosovo, Kyrgyzstan, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mexico, Mozambique, Namibia, Nepal, Niger, Nigeria, Palestine, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Serbia, Sierra Leone, Solomon Islands, South Africa, South Sudan, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Swaziland, Syria, Tajikistan, Tunisia, Uganda, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Variables: LO-SCALE-1

2
Jan. 23, 2026, 1:56 p.m.
Countries: Sudan
Variables: DV-DATA-1

According to Annex 10, "National prevalence estimates of lifetime and past-12-months physical and/or sexual intimate partner violence against women aged 15-49 years, 2023" the past-12 month estimate % for Sudan in 2023 was 28.6%.
Jan. 20, 2026, 1:13 a.m.
Countries: Algeria, Angola, Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Bolivia, Botswana, Brazil, Brunei, Burkina Faso, Burma/Myanmar, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Rep, Chad, Chile, Comoros, Costa Rica, Cote D'Ivoire, D R Congo, Djibouti, East Timor, Ecuador, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Gambia, Ghana, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Jamaica, Jordan, Kenya, Kuwait, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Malta, Mauritania, Mauritius, Morocco, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Oman, Pakistan, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Poland, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Solomon Islands, Somalia, South Sudan, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Swaziland, Syria, Tanzania, Togo, Trinidad/Tobago, Uganda, United Arab Emirates, United States, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Yemen, Zimbabwe
Variables: ABO-SCALE-1

3
Nov. 3, 2025, 1:49 p.m.
Countries: Sudan
Variables: ABO-LAW-1

The Center for Reproductive Rights states that Sudan's laws permit abortion to save the life of the mother.
Oct. 29, 2025, 10:12 a.m.
Countries: Algeria, Angola, Botswana, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Rep, Cote D'Ivoire, D R Congo, Djibouti, Eritrea, Gambia, Guinea, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Malawi, Mali, Morocco, Niger, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda
Variables: ABO-LAW-1

"Permit abortion in certain cases, for example, if the woman’s life is at risk, and / or in cases of foetal abnormality or rape include" (Para 21).
Aug. 21, 2025, 1:07 a.m.
Countries: Sudan
Variables: ABO-LAW-1

"Sudanese law allows abortion to save the mother’s life, or when the pregnancy is the result of rape which has occurred not more than 90 days before the pregnant woman expresses her wish to have the abortion, or when the child has died in the mother’s womb" (Para 5).
March 28, 2025, 2:52 p.m.
Countries: Sudan
Variables: INFIB-DATA-2

"Somalia and Sudan face the challenge of addressing widespread female genital mutilation amid conflict and population growth" (para 16). "Ethiopia, Nigeria and Sudan account for the largest numbers of girls and women who have undergone female genital mutilation in conflict-affected countries" (para 24).
March 27, 2025, 7:56 p.m.
Countries: Egypt, Ethiopia, Sudan
Variables: INFIB-DATA-2

"An estimated 144 million women and girls in Africa have been cut (the largest number are in Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan)" (para 8).
Feb. 3, 2025, 1:13 p.m.
Countries: Sudan
Variables: GEW-DATA-1

"United Nations experts have expressed alarm about the reported widespread use of rape by the Rapid Support Forces in Sudan’s ongoing war, a horror eerily reminiscent of the genocide in Darfur, where women experienced sexual violence en masse" (Para 7).
Jan. 10, 2025, 5:31 p.m.
Countries: Sudan
Variables: LRW-PRACTICE-2

"A spokesperson for the UN Population Fund said the social stigma around gender-based violence (GBV) meant the actual numbers of rape victims would be much higher than those officially documented" (para 19).