Sudan: ‘The Body As a Battlefield’ – Sexual Violence in Sudan Is a ‘Deliberate Genocidal Tactic’

Washington D.C. — The systematic use of gender-based violence (GBV) against women in Sudan, particularly in Darfur, is not an unavoidable byproduct of conflict but “a deliberate genocidal tactic” aimed at destroying communities, experts argued during an online panel discussion hosted last month by the Darfur Women’s Action Group (DWAG).

The panel, titled ‘Protection, Inclusion, and Empowerment of Sudanese Women’, brought together activists, legal scholars, and genocide prevention specialists,…