Despite the challenges faced, Sudanese Girls show remarkable resilience depicted in the leadership roles they have taken up in the local responses. Girls are leading in their communities, including in displacement camps, as heads of Adolescent clubs, school clubs and networks. They also lead awareness and advocacy campaigns as well as represent peers in adult forums such as protection committees and networks. Girls have the desire, passion and commitment to lead! Let us invest and build their agency to be leaders even in this crisis context.
The Gender-Based Violence (GBV) and Child Protection (CP) Areas of Responsibility (AoRs) stand united to say: girls in Sudan are not only collateral damage of this war—they are the future of peace. Investing in the safety, dignity, wellbeing and leadership of girls today is investing in the recovery and future stability of an accountable Sudan.