Reply #15: Here Are Several From Africa: For The Ill Informed Reactionary Screamers [View All]

[KittyWampus]

who like to pretend they are so well informed/

Mutawinat Benevolent Company
$35,000
To raise public awareness about women(s legal rights with a program including workshops on labor issues and land tenure laws; a training course for its network of paralegal volunteers on reporting, monitoring and documenting violence against women; and institutional support for its four local offices. Mutawinat will also provide a book on the condition of women in Sudan’s prisons; a quarterly newsletter in English and Arabic; posters and pamphlets on women’s rights and legal aid; and a full-page advertisement in a daily newspaper twice a month on women’s rights issues.

National Democratic Institute for International Affairs
$100,000
To assist a select group of Sudanese women’s organizations in developing their role in the ongoing peace process and the post-conflict implementation phase of the peace plan. The secondary aim of this six-month project is to promote communication between northern and southern civil society organizations.

Southern Women Group for Peace
$27,000*
To establish a women’s peace center, which will conduct research and documentation on gender and governance and explore issues of justice, equity, and conflict resolution in other countries. The organization will continue its justice and peace lobbying campaigns, which target political leaders, community groups, and the grassroots and international communities. It will also hold a series of training workshops on human rights, conflict resolution, and peace lobbying.