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All indigenous languages of Sudan are national languages and shall be respected, developed and promoted. Arabic is a widely spoken national language in Sudan. Arabic, as a major language at the national level and English shall be the official working languages of the national government and the languages of instruction for higher education.
Despite the enormous cultural and economic limitations of women in Sudan, women comprise 24.1% of the national parliament as of 2012. [4] This percentage, however, does not represent the number of women in positions of power throughout the country. Many other nations (developed and developing) have similar percentages of women in politics.
Pages in category "Ethnic groups in Sudan" The following 136 pages are in this category, out of 136 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. Abdallabi tribe;
The Rift Valley Institute (RVI) is an independent, non-profit research and training organisation working with communities and institutions in Eastern Africa, including Sudan, South Sudan, the Horn of Africa, and the Great Lakes region. Established in 2001, the RVI has offices in Kenya, the US and the UK.
women under various articles of Sudan‟s Criminal Act 1991, and Sudan‟s Public Order regime which discriminates against women. A press release by Sudan‟s police (in Arabic) indicated that the demonstrators were arrested in accordance with Articles 68 and 69 of Sudan‟s Criminal law. These articles cover „public disturbance‟ offences such
Sudan, [c] officially the Republic of the Sudan, [d] is a country in Northeast Africa.It borders the Central African Republic to the southwest, Chad to the west, Libya to the northwest, Egypt to the north, the Red Sea to the east, Eritrea and Ethiopia to the southeast, and South Sudan to the south.
The No to Oppression against Women Initiative was created in 2009 to defend women's rights in Sudan after Lubna Ahmed al-Hussein, a female Sudanese journalist working with the United Nations, was arrested for wearing trousers, which was considered by judicial authorities to be a violation of Sharia-based public order law. [1]
South Sudan received a slightly higher rating but it was also rated as "not free". In the 2013 report of 2012 data, Sudan ranks 171st out of 186 countries on the Human Development Index (HDI). Sudan also is one of very few countries that are not a signatory on the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW).