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STORY: UNFPA / SUDAN AL JAZIRA DISPLACEMENT
TRT: 4:33
SOURCE: UNFPA
RESTRICTIONS: PLEASE CREDIT UNFPA ON SCREEN
LANGAUGE: ARABIC / NATS
DATELINE: 07 NOVEMBER 2024, NEW HALFA FOOTBALL STADIUM, NEW HALFA, KASSALA STATE, SUDAN
1. Wide shot, open field being used for sheltering
2. Wide shot, makeshift tents
3. Wide shot, displaced family in front of makeshift tent
4. Wide shot, displaced people
5. Wide shot, people getting water
6. Wide shot, people getting water from barrels
7. Wide shot, a displaced woman
8. Wide shot, displaced women and children
9. Wide shot, displaced people walk in the field
10. SOUNDBITE(Arabic) Huda Ibrahum, Displaced Woman:
“They (armed men) came to our house, threatened us, and tried to take my daughters. I told them my daughters were married. Then, they demanded gold and money. I told them I had none.They took me and my oldest daughter and beat us. They hit me hard and slapped my daughter, knocking out one of her teeth.They told us to stay in the house until they came back, but we ran away. One of my daughters is immunocompromised, and I fear she might die from malnutrition.I use my own clothes to cover my newborn baby, who is only four months old.”
11. Med shot, Huda and her family members
12. Med shot, Huda holds her child
13. Med shot, a displaced girl
14. Med shot, luggages
15. SOUNDBITE(Arabia) Husna, Displaced Woman:
“They came to our house and threatened us. We gave them our money, but they still beat my sister and ripped the earrings from her ears. They took our motorcycle. One of them told me I had to sleep with him. I said, “Kill me. I only know my husband.” They are monsters—no, monsters are better than them.”
16. Med shot, Husna’s child sleeps
17. Close up, Husna holds her child
18. Med shot, Husna and children
19. Wide shot, Husna and displaced women and children
20. Wide shot, Husna and displaced women and children
21. SOUNDBITE(Arabic) Fatma Ahmed Ali, Displaced Woman:
“We walked for seven days under the sun without anything to eat. Some women died on the way. There was no water to drink; they died of thirst. I have six children. We need clothes, shoes, food, sugar, soap—anything, because we have nothing.”
22. Wide shot, Fatma
23. Med shot, Fatma holds her child
24. SOUNDBITE(Arabic) Maria, Displaced Woman:
“We suffered a lot on our journey. They persecuted us, beat us, pointed weapons at us, and inspected our daughters. We carried our children through the rain. We had to take off our clothes because they were soaked, and we didn’t have any others. We had no sheets to cover ourselves, no mattresses to sleep on—nothing.”
25. Med shot, Maria
26. Med shot, Maria pours water
27. Med shot, a displaced man with children
28. Wide shot, field
29. Wide shot, women and makeshift tents
30. Wide shot, tents and sun covers
31. Wide shot, clothes hanging on rails
Nineteen months since conflict erupted in Sudan, escalating violence and new atrocities have pushed the humanitarian crisis to unprecedented levels. Fighting continues to rage in the states of North Darfur, West Darfur, Khartoum, North Kordofan and Aj Jazirah (El Gezirah), despite repeated calls for the fighting parties to de-escalate, ensure the protection of civilians, and facilitate humanitarian access.
Since 20 October, a wave of armed violence in eastern Aj Jazirah/El Gezirah has led to the deaths of at least 124 people. Dozens have been injured and around 135,400 people have fled to Gederaf and Kassala states. An estimated 3,200 pregnant women are among them. There are reports of gross human rights violations – more than 27 women and girls were subjected to rape and sexual assault, the youngest only six years, according to the Aj Jazirah/El Gezirah State Ministry of Health.
Women who had fled Aj Jazirah/El Gezirah told UNFPA that they had been beaten, threatened with rape, and fled with just the clothes on their back, making dangerous journeys in scorching heat without food and water to reach safety. Women fleeing violence have been forced to give birth in the bush. Some women did not know whether the husbands or family members they had left were still alive.
Sexual violence has been a hallmark of the war in Sudan, which has already killed and injured thousands and displaced over 11 million people. Women and girls
have been raped, exploited and abducted for sexual purposes which may amount to war crimes and crimes against humanity, according to a recent UN Fact-Finding Mission.
Survivors of rape and other forms of sexual violence have very few places to turn to for medical attention and psychosocial support, since many health facilities have been destroyed, looted or occupied by the warring parties. Up to 80 per cent of health facilities in areas hardest-hit by fighting are either closed or barely functioning. UNFPA counselors also report that shame and stigma are huge deterrents preventing women and girls from seeking help.
UNFPA is trying to support where it can, deploying 78 mobile health teams across Sudan, including five in Gedaref state where displaced people have recently arrived, and supporting 49 women and girls’ safe spaces. Reproductive health supplies for safe births and the clinical management of rape have been distributed across the country, including to health facilities across Kassala, Gedaref and Aj Jazirah/El Gezirah states, to support the priority reproductive health needs of more than 10,300 women and girls. But what women and girls need most is for the fighting to end.
The world cannot continue to stand by while Sudan’s women and girls face such unspeakable horrors. The international community must demand an end to the violence and ensure an increased collective focus on protecting women and girls and safeguarding their rights to live in peace and safety.
