Systematic Sexual Violence Grips Sudan Amid Escalating Civil War

Sudan’s ongoing civil war has taken a sinister turn, with systematic sexual violence emerging as a deliberate weapon of war. Women and girls have become primary targets in what sources describe as an institutionalized strategy aimed at terrorizing and destabilizing communities. The conflict, now dragging into its fourth year, has not only claimed lives but has left survivors haunted by physical and psychological scars inflicted during episodes of gendered brutality. Field reports indicate that s