OCHA / SUDAN DISPLACED FLETCHER VISIT

Tom Fletcher, Under-Secretary General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, said on his visit to Sudan, “We must do better. We must make sure that these words, ‘you are not alone’, are not just words that people say to a microphone when they visit you, but they become the core of our work.” OCHA

• Video Length: 00:04:09
• Production Date: 25 November 2024
• Asset Language: English
• Corporate Name: OFFICE FOR THE COORDINATION OF HUMANITARIAN AFFAIRS - OCHA
• Subject Topical: WOMEN; GIRLS; GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE
• Geographic Subject: SUDAN
• MAMS Id: 3314438
• Parent Id: 3314438
• Alternate Title: unifeed241125h

Description

STORY: OCHA / SUDAN DISPLACED FLETCHER VISIT
TRT: 04:10
SOURCE: OCHA
RESTRICTIONS: PLEASE CREDIT OCHA ON SCREEN
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH/ NATS

DATELINE: 25 NOVEMBER 2024, ALGHARBYA SCHOOL SALALB GATHERING SITE, PORT SUDAN, SUDAN

Shotlist

1. Pan left, USG Tom Fletcher arriving at the event
2. Pan right, site of the event
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Tom Fletcher, Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator:
“I have a speech for you. But I would rather speak to you from my heart. Because it is your story, and I'm hearing your story loud and clear that needs to be heard by the world.”
4. Medium shot, public in attendance cheering
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Tom Fletcher, Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator:
“When we say, ‘You are not alone’, we mean this. You are not alone.”
6. Medium shot, public in attendance cheering
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Tom Fletcher, Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator:
“We must do better. We must make sure that these words, you are not alone, are not just words that people say to a microphone when they visit you, but they become the core of our work.”
8. Medium shot, children gathered around a water dispenser
9. SOUNDBITE (English) Shaza Ahmed, the Executive Director of Nada El Azhar:
“Today we are celebrating the 16 days of activism and a strong message for all of us. It's a strong message for women and girls to be strong and to fight for their rights. It's a strong message to authorities to take care of us. It's a strong message to international communities to have more funding, technical support, and to have all of us come round one table to ensure that women and girls will be safe and will be treated in a dignified way. Women and girls will have access to services as well as access to rights.”
10. Wide shot, children performing and dancing
11. SOUNDBITE (English) Shaza Ahmed, the Executive Director of Nada El Azhar:
“Gender-based violence is not a new. But with the war, since the war erupted in April last year, [it] launched Sudan into one of the biggest production and GBV crises. There is and increased in gender-based violence cases, especially in conflict zones.”
12. Various shots, people performing and dancing
13. SOUNDBITE (English) Shaza Ahmed, the Executive Director of Nada El Azhar:
“The slogan this year is “You are not alone” and I will really insist on that. Women and girls, boys and men who are gender-based Violence Survivor in Sudan, you are not alone. We are all together. We are all here to serve you, to help you and to support you.”
14. Wide shot, UN and NGO workers holding the #NoExcuses sign
15. Various shots, public in attendance

Storyline

At a gathering site in Port Sudan hosting displaced people from Khartoum, UNFPA and partners have held an event to launch this year 16-Days of activism.

According to Shaza Ahmed, the Executive Director of Nada El Azhar, a Sudanese women-led organization providing assistance to survivors of gender-based violence, “Gender-based violence is nothing new, but as the war erupted, [it has] launched Sudan into one of the biggest protection and gender-based violence crisis”.

Tom Fletcher, Under-Secretary General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, who attended the event, said: “We must do better. We must make sure that these words, ‘you are not alone’, are not just words that people say to a microphone when they visit you, but they become the core of our work.”