News Center – Sudan Conflict’s Brutal Impact on Women and TJA’s Call for Global Solidarity

The conflict in Sudan has profoundly affected women, exposing them to torture, forced displacement, and systematic sexual violence. Women have become direct targets, threatening their physical and psychological safety increasingly.

Today, Thursday, November 20, the Free Women’s Movement (TJA) issued a statement condemning the systematic attacks against women amid the ongoing Sudanese conflict. The statement emphasized that the violence in Sudan ranks among the most devastating humanitarian crises worldwide, with women bearing the heaviest burden.

The statement highlighted: “Women and children in Sudan face alarming increases in violence, including torture, systematic attacks, and forced displacement. The destruction of homes, lack of security, and difficulty accessing basic necessities have turned Sudanese women into the hidden victims of the war, carrying its deepest wounds.” It warned that women’s rights to life, bodily integrity, and safety are increasingly threatened, as they become direct targets of this “bloody conflict.”

TJA, speaking as Kurdish women, emphasized their understanding of the immense suffering Sudanese women endure in the heart of the conflict: “The tragedies accompanying displacement—from loss of life during travel, to struggles for safety, and the male violence encountered at borders—clearly show how military violence directly targets women’s bodies. In Sudan, thousands of women are forcibly removed from their homes, confronting multiple forms of violence on their path to survival. War now directly impacts women’s daily lives, pushing them into harsher realities and compounding their suffering under severe social and security conditions.”

The statement stressed: “It is our collective responsibility to expose and denounce the harsh conditions faced by Sudanese women during this war and the systematic violence reaching the level of massacres, and to end it through transnational feminist struggle. As a Kurdish women’s movement, we reaffirm our commitment to stand alongside Sudanese women, drawing strength from our historical legacy of solidarity and resistance.”

On women’s struggle for freedom, the movement added: “Our strength transcends nations, borders, and geography. This is not merely an expression of empathy, but an ethical and historical responsibility we bear consciously and determinedly. We know well that silence does not protect; it fuels violence and becomes a hidden accomplice in every assault on women’s right to life and dignity.”

In conclusion, TJA called on all women’s organizations, feminists, activists, workers, and women worldwide to expand transnational feminist solidarity in response to the Sudan conflict and systematic attacks on women: “Sudanese women are not alone. Our struggle for women’s freedom knows no borders and grows stronger with our unity. The broader this strength, the closer we are to transforming reality and creating a more just and dignified future.