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SUDAN SITUATION - PROTECTING FORCIBLY DISPLACED WOMEN AND GIRLS
As of June 2024, 7.1 million persons have been displaced within Sudan due to the conflict, including 219,503 refugees and asylum seekers, representing various nationalities including South Sudanese, Ethiopians, Eritreans. A total of 1.9 million refugees, asylum seekers, and returnees have fled to Egypt, Chad, Central African Republic, South Sudan, and Ethiopia. 78% of refugees are women and children. Risks of GBV have severely increased for forcibly displaced women and girls primarily in Sudan but also in neighbouring host countries.
The security situation in Sudan remains highly volatile, characterised by ongoing armed conflict, criminal activities and communal tensions. Reports of numerous incidents of conflict-related sexual violence perpetrated by parties to the conflict, sexual slavery and trafficking, child and forced marriage, and the recruitment of boys by armed forces have increased since December 2023.
Conflict, food insecurity coupled with diminished livelihood options have dramatic consequences on women and girls, heightening the risks of intimate partner violence, sexual exploitation and abuse, trafficking in person and resorting to harmful coping mechanisms. Attacks on GBV services providers as well as frontline workers including Women-led organizations (WLOs) are also reported. Limited access in conflict-affected states, shortage of supplies and limited availability of specialized GBV services continue to be the most pressing challenges.