Sudan_ Women in Sudan face escalating violence as the conflict continues, with many subjected to grave violations including sexual violence and forced displacement, amid weak protection and the absence of accountability, placing them at the heart of the country’s worsening humanitarian crisis.

A new human rights report launched yesterday, Monday, June 29, by Rights for Peace in collaboration with the Centre for Women, Peace and Security at the London School of Economics and Political Science(LSE), warned that conflict-related sexual violence in Sudan is no longer a series of isolated violations but has become a recurring pattern with each wave of conflict, in light of continuing impunity and weak protection for women and girls.

The report, titled "Conflict-Related Sexual Violence is Not Inevitable: Sudanese Survivors' Strategies for Prevention," calls for the adoption of survivor-centered strategies, the strengthening of accountability, and the engagement of community, religious, and local leaders in combating the social stigma that prevents many victims from reporting violations or seeking support .

Based on interviews with Sudanese survivors residing in Chad, Uganda, and South Sudan, the report concluded that conflict-related sexual violence represents a recurring crime linked to successive conflicts in Sudan, noting that some women who experienced violations during the current war had previously been victims of similar violations in earlier conflicts .

The report recommends increasing community awareness, enhancing the role of community and religious leaders in reducing the social stigma and isolation faced by survivors, and ensuring they receive protection, support, and justice .

According to the report, the documented patterns correspond with cases of conflict-related sexual violence recorded in Al-Jazirah State since the outbreak of the conflict on April 15, 2023, in terms of methods of perpetration and the circumstances in which they occurred—including attacks on civilians, home raids, forced displacement operations, and locations where populations sought refuge .

The report emphasized that the absence of justice is one of the most prominent reasons for the recurrence of these crimes, stressing the necessity of conducting independent and effective investigations, bringing all those responsible for these violations to justice, ensuring survivors' access to health, psychological, and legal services, and adopting an approach that places victims and survivors at the core of documentation and accountability efforts.