Women in Sudan after the revolution 

Sudanese women were widely praised for their role in spearheading the country’s 2019 political revolution. Since then, laws that restricted women’s dress and behavior have been abolished, and some women have risen to prominent positions of power. But for many women, those political changes are not enough. And for others, the social changes have gone too far. The World’s Halima Gikandi reports from Khartoum.

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