CALL FOR MORE POLICEWOMEN IN SUDAN’S RURAL AREAS

The Sudanese police needs more women officers, to help and protect victims of gender-based violence, says activist Kamelia Kuku. In a workshop on Democratic Transformation from a Feminist Perspective in Khartoum, the director of the Nuba Women Organisation for Education and Development called on the police and the public prosecution to treat victims of rape “confidentially and with respect”. Kuku said that the victims' and their families’ fear for scandals often makes them refrain from filing an official complaint.