Strategic Initiative for the Women in the Horn of Africa
Strategic Initiative for the Women in the Horn of Africa is an inclusive and diverse feminist women’s rights network that holds a unique position working as a regional civil society network in politically volatile contexts. SIHA works in a variety of cultural, political, and geographical environments in Uganda, Ethiopia, Djibouti, Eritrea, Somalia, Somaliland, Sudan and South Sudan. In this part of the world, women are regularly portrayed and perceived as victims, but SIHA challenges the status quo and the notion that African women are victims. SIHA acknowledges that almost all challenges women face are based on socially constructed norms and these norms actively subordinate women. SIHA approaches the struggle for women’s rights in the Greater Horn of Africa as a political one and holds fundamental political transformation at the forefront.