Sudan Humanitarian Crisis Has Catastrophic Impact for Women and Girls, With Two-Fold Increase of Gender-Based Violence

New UN Women report highlights the disproportionate impacts of the escalating conflict for Sudanese women and girls, including the 5.8 million who are internally displaced

The conflict in Sudan has resulted in the largest internal displacement crisis in the world since the Syrian civil war in 2011. The conflict has had catastrophic impacts on women and girls,  according to a Gender Alert published today by UN Women .

The number of people in need of gender-based violence related services has…