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Sudanese Women Keep Pushing for Democracy

Naba Mohiedeen

   KHARTOUM - Sudanese women helped organize the protests that resulted in
   the ouster of former President Omar al-Bashir in 2019 after three
   decades of iron-fisted rule.

   After his removal and the creation of a new transitional government,
   women are playing a prominent role in Sudan's politics.

   A woman has been appointed a chief justice -- the first, not only in
   Sudan but in the entire Arab world.

   An unprecedented four women were appointed to cabinet positions in the
   new government, including the country's first female minister of
   foreign affairs, Asma Mohamed Abdalla.

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