Engendering Equality: Increasing Women’s Political Participation in Sudan

This project aims to create a strategic mechanism to enhance women’s meaningful participation in Sudan’s political transition and strengthen coordination among women’s organizations across Sudan. The project works to establish five regional gender equality networks (GENs) and meet regularly to provide a forum for regional information exchange on key transition issues. Capacity strengthening for elected GEN allows for the improvement in their ability to represent their local constituencies both locally and nationally. This project also aims to sensitize community members and leadership about the importance of gender equality and women’s participation in political life. Project activities include: (1) countering discriminatory discourses through an increased understanding of Islam; and (2) providing information on justice and gender equality and their associated national and international policies.

The expected outcomes for this project include: (1) increased networking information-sharing and coalition building between women of varying ethnicities religions age and localities by establishing five gender equality networks (GENs); (2) increased political engagement and collective action of GENs and representatives in Sudan’s political transition; and (3) increased support for gender equality and women’s political participation by communities and leaders.