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Women Rising up in Sudan:

Through a Facebook group a new wave of protest has emerged in Sudan; completely organized by women. It began in 2015 when a woman soon to be married suspected her fiancé of cheating on her. She posted a message on Facebook to see if she could get any information about her husband. Within hours of posting another women had commented that she was his wife, and thus the cheating mystery was solved. But this new Facebook group was just the beginning. It morphed from a group of women "catching cheaters" to a revolutionary wave of protesting. They became a key group un fighting for women's equality and became a support group for women all over Sudan. Women began fighting to change laws that allowed public violence and whipping if they didn't wear the right clothes or disobeyed male family members. In 2018 the situation escalated as protests continued, and government officials permitted use of tear gas and batons to disperse protesting crowds, some of them made up of more than 70% of women. Many of the leaders of this group have been harassed and threatened for posting and speaking out against the government. This conflict came to a climax when the group's leader Omer, was arrested on the street and imprisoned. The government demanded that she shut down the website. She refused to, and they eventually let her go.
As of April 2019 there has been a shift in government as they move towards a more democratic future. Women are being recognized by the governments, and are making their way to pave a future for themselves.

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