Centering Sudanese Voices – Press Release
Centering Sudanese Voices – A People’s ConferenceOn 11. April 2026, the newly founded Germany chapter of Bana, a Sudanese intersectionally feminist network, gathered much over 100 guests for a People’s Conference – just days before the governmental Sudan Summit in Berlin on 15. April, and three years into the current war in Sudan. The conference […]
International advocacy
Marginalised women are underrepresented in the advocacy efforts addressed to the international community. The “South-North advocacy component in the framework of the Civil Peace Service project “Strengthening the voices of marginalised women in Sudan’s transitional process” in cooperation with KURVE Wustrow e.V. is a joint advocacy strategy between Bana Group for Peace Development and German […]
Reproductive health and rights
Reproductive and sexual health has a major impact on women’s biographies in Sudan, as Bana members have experienced and documented in the participatory study “Voices from the Margins”. While marital status and child bearing is a social status symbol, the prevailing medical services, legal frameworks and cultural practices are not a conducive environment for healthy […]
Civic Education
The decades of the previous regime of Omer al Bashir have been characterized by grave and a narrow space for civil society activism and declines in the civic education levels among Sudan’s youth. Since the 2018 revolution and throughout the following transitional process, it has become clear that civic education – in particular understanding the […]
Peaceful Coexistence
Several regions in Sudan witness ongoing conflicts, often along ethnic divides, which have been instrumentalised by different political elements in the past – with women being the main victims of violence and the socio-economic consequences of conflict. At the same time traditional conflict solving mechanisms involve mainly male persons – just like governmental institutions historically […]
Women Rights
Women’s space in Sudan’s society has been considerably reduced with the implementation of Sharia law, both in the context of the dictatorship of Jafar Nimeiri (1969-1985), but more so during the dictatorship of Omar Al-Bashir since 1989. The share of women in political and social decision-making institutions continues to be low even after the political […]
Voices from the margins
After the revolution, we wanted to understand if and how the transition process is reaching multi-marginalised women in Sudan—and if the newly emerging structures and actors can really better their lives and bring “Freedom—Peace—Justice” for those most in need. Therefore, in December 2019, we set out for a participatory action research, interviewing multi-marginalised women and […]
Psychosocial Support
As part of its ongoing mission to empower marginalized communities, Bana Group forPeace and Development has made psychosocial support a central pillar of its activities.Across Sudan, Bana has provided psychosocial services in various regions, including ElFasher, Mellit, Nyala, Zalingei, and El Geneina, where women received counseling andemotional support. In Khartoum (Dar es Salaam and Omdurman), […]