Sudanese Female Refugees exposed to Sexual Assaults in Uganda

Sudan Events – Agencies

Complaints from Sudanese female refugees are increasing on extremely difficult humanitarian situations in refugee camps in Uganda, addition to their exposure to repeated sexual assaults where the security and protection that the Ugandan government should provide is absent.
Fatima Mohamed- a pseudonym – tells, according to “Sudan Tribune”, while shedding tears, about the bitterness of asylum and the lack of security and protection with the continued incidents of repeated assaults that occur to them from time to time by other nationalities from the Congo, South Sudan, Kenya, Uganda and Somalia.
She complained from lack of sanitary pads, which are a monthly need for Sudanese female refugee , addition to the lack of primary health care services for pregnant women inside the camp.
She called on the Refugee Commission and the Ugandan government to provide them with protection, improve the camp environment and provide basic services necessary for life.
Sudanese female refugee Israa affirms that Sudanese students in schools are harassed by students from other countries, which has led a large number of families to decide to stop their children from studying.
She said, according to “Sudan Tribune”, “There have been many cases of miscarriage among female refugee due to the lack of primary health care.”
She continued, “There was a case of miscarriage as a result of clashes between Ugandan police and Sudanese female refugees during last weeks, where the police used violence against refugees and a refugee fell to the ground, which caused her to miscarry.”
She noted that there is a real problem facing pregnant refugees, which is the lack of Sudanese gynecologists and obstetricians or midwives, especially since they suffer from the issue of female circumcision, addition to the lack of vitamins for pregnant women in the hospital, and doctors ask them to buy these pills despite the refugees not having money.
Sudanese female refugee Hawa Mohamed spoke about their suffering from the lack of job opportunities for women and men inside the camp, which made them look for alternative work to increase their income.
The director of the “People for People” organization, Dr. Adeeb Abdel Rahman said that the opening of the multi-purpose community center of hope in Krindingo camp aims to increase the income of refugees and create new job opportunities.
He added to Sudan Tribune that the center works in the fields of increasing production and innovation by training 50 refugees, including 30 new Sudanese female refugees, 10 refugees who have been in the camp for some time and 10 Ugandan refugees to make liquid soap and Vaseline to increase their income.
He affirmed that the organization seeks to launch a treatment camp that includes doctors from all specialties to treat Sudanese refugees inside the camp in the coming days.