- The private sector can provide financial support to women-led organizations. For instance, they can contribute to funds like the UN-led Women’s Peace and Humanitarian Fund, which provides grants to local women and young women’s civil society organizations in Sudan. The private sector should identify the most pressing demands of women-focused organizations by conducting a comprehensive survey across the 18 Sudanese states, distributed to local governance institutions, and support initiatives based on the demands on the most vulnerable Sudanese woman.
- The private sector can offer training and capacity-building workshops to enhance the skills of women activists and women’s organizations involved in conflict resolution and peace negotiations. Funds should be allocated for the professionalization of the remaining class of working women residing in Sudan; to at once compensate for the mass exodus of laborers over the past few months, and to also offer local Sudanese women an opportunity to fill the demand for skilled work.
- The private sector can support initiatives led by women, such as the “Peace for Sudan” platform and the “Mothers of Sudan” campaign. These initiatives work towards ending the war, documenting violations, advocating for peace, and providing support to affected families.
- Private sector companies can partner with women-led organizations to amplify their impact. This can include providing necessary resources, sharing expertise, or helping to raise global awareness about the acute initiatives these organizations are addressing.
- The private sector should use its influence to advocate for peace and broad-based gender equality. This can involve lobbying policymakers, raising awareness among the wider public, and supporting campaigns against the war.
- The private sector should decry the RSF and SAF’s reliance on weapons of sexual violence to terrorize women and young girls in Sudan.
