(EMAILWIRE.COM, November 28, 2009 ) WASHINGTON Today the Save Darfur Coalition is honoring Darfuri physician, Dr. Mohamed Ahmed, as part of an initiative associated with the internationally-observed 16 Days of Activism Against Gender Violence. For each of the 16 days, the coalition’s unique campaign will honor a leader in the fight to empower, protect and uplift women in Sudan, and offer a corresponding action for activists. The international movement is observed between November 25, 2009 (International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women) and December 10, 2009 (International Human Rights Day).
Dr. Mohamed Ahmed works with victims of torture and sexual violence as a physician and as a professor of Medicine at el-Fasher University in Darfur. He is also involved in negotiating a lasting peace resolution in Darfur. Dr. Ahmed treated victims of sexual violence, gathered information about the abuses, and set-up a system to document sexual violence when he served as the medical treatment director of the Amel Center for the Treatment & Rehabilitation of Victims of Torture at the Nyala Hospital in Darfur. While at the hospital, he built up a network of health professionals in Darfur to provide care to victims of sexual violence. Despite the constant risk of intimidation by the Sudanese government, the Amel Center had treated 520 survivors of sexual violence and torture by October 2007.
To learn more about Save Darfur Coalition’s acknowledgement of Dr. Mohamed Ahmed’s leadership, please visit: http://www.savedarfur.org/pages/day-4
Dr. Ahmed has worked tirelessly to help women who have suffered from sexual violence and torture, said Niemat Ahmadi a genocide survivor and liaison to the Darfuri diaspora community at the Save Darfur Coalition. Dr. Ahmed has risked his life and sacrificed to fight for those without a voice. He is a leader in pressing for better conditions for victims of sexual violence.
The Save Darfur Coalition is asking that activists observe the 4th day of the campaign by writing a letter to one of Save Darfur Coalition’s 16 Leaders conveying their appreciation for the work they do to end violence against women.
The global campaign started in 1991 at the Center for Global Women’s Leadership at Rutgers University, and is observed by thousands of organizations across the globe. The Save Darfur Coalition is raising awareness by honoring 16 trail-blazing individuals or groups who are fighting to end sexual violence in Darfur, and helping to educate their communities about the ongoing suffering in Sudan.
The coalition’s entire 16 Days initiatives can be found at http://www.savedarfur.org/16days.
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About Save Darfur Coalition: The Save Darfur Coalition an alliance of more than 180 faith-based, advocacy and human rights organizations raises public awareness about the ongoing genocide in Darfur and mobilizes a unified response to the atrocities that threaten the lives of people throughout the Darfur region. The coalition’s member organizations represent 130 million people of all ages, races, religions and political affiliations united together to help the people of Darfur. For more information on the coalition, please visit http://www.SaveDarfur.org.
Save Darfur Coalition
Emily Diamond-Falk
202-525-8153
emily@savedarfur.org
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