News

“As widespread as guns and bullets”: Sexual violence used to terrorize Sudan’s women and girls

calendar_today19 June 2025

More than 12 million people in Sudan are at risk of gender-based violence, with frontline responders and survivors reporting alarming rates of rape, abuse, coercion and child marriage © UNFPA Sudan
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Press release

Sudan: Rape survivors and pregnant women cut off from life-saving services as funding collapses

calendar_today04 June 2025

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Publication date

Apr 2025

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UNFPA Sudan

Resources

UNFPA Sudan Situation Report #19 - March 2025

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News

After two years of war, has Sudan failed its female revolutionaries?

calendar_today16 April 2025

Khartoum has seen some of the heaviest fighting in Sudan over recent weeks, as the country’s two-year war shows few signs of relenting © UNFPA Sudan
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News

Women at the crossroads: Fleeing war in Sudan for an uncertain future in South Sudan

calendar_today09 April 2025

As South Sudan teeters on the edge of civil war, tens of thousands of returnees and refugees must contend with a lack of resources, chronic unemployment and terrifying threats of sexual violence. © UNFPA South Sudan/Levi Lubari
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News

“I witnessed unimaginable horrors”: Sexual violence used as weapon of terror against women and girls across Sudan

calendar_today02 April 2025

There are alarming reports of sexual violence being used as a weapon of terror across Sudan. Over 12 million women and girls – and increasingly men and boys – are estimated to be at risk of assault. ©UNFPA Sudan
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Statement

Statement by UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem on two years of conflict in Sudan

calendar_today15 April 2025

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14 April 2025

Video

Refugee women fleeing war in Sudan need life-saving care in Chad

calendar_today26 February 2025

Refugee women fleeing war in Sudan need life-saving care in Chad

Refugee women fleeing war in Sudan need life-saving care in Chad

Over one million refugees have fled to Chad to escape the war in Sudan.

The majority are women and children who have survived horrific violence.

“We have lost everything. Our homes, families and security,” says Souat, a Sudanese refugee living in Farchana Refugee Camp in Chad.

Hear her story and see how UNFPA—the United Nations sexual and reproductive health agency—is providing a lifeline for refugee women and girls in need.

Video

A refugee entrepreneur rebuilds her life after fleeing war in Sudan

calendar_today26 February 2025

A refugee entrepreneur rebuilds her life after fleeing war in Sudan

A refugee entrepreneur rebuilds her life after fleeing war in Sudan

Meet Wasila, a refugee, entrepreneur and baker.

The violent civil war in Sudan forced her to flee her home.

With support from UNFPA—the United Nations sexual and reproductive health agency, she now runs her own baking business in the Central African Republic.

Stand with refugees and let her story of resilience inspire you.