No further generations must struggle to cope with a legacy of violation,” says UN Women Executive Director Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka.The 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence is an annual campaign managed by UN Women that kicks off on 25 November, the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, and runs until 10 December, Human Rights Day.Join us! Statement by the United Nations Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator in Sudan Ms. Gwi-Yeop Son on the International Women's Day 2020This year, Sudan commemorates the IWD for the first time in 30 years as a country free from dictatorship and looking to a future where the transformation of gendered social relations to equality is possible.The IWD theme this year, “Generation Equality: Realizing Women’s Rights for an Equal Future” is linked to the 25th anniversary of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, which is recognized as the most progressive roadmap for the empowerment of women and girls, everywhere.Beijing was epoch-making in the strength of diversity and in the numbers of women activists and gender equality experts (over 30,000) who attend that conference.Sudanese women were part of that groundbreaking conference in 1995 and contributed to formulating the Platform for Action.Globally, we have seen some gains since Beijing. But the remaining challenges are huge. Reflecting on the pivotal role that women and youth played in bringing about change in Sudan, we cannot ignore the reality that women and youth are a crucial constituency for ensuring a progressive transition process and the stabilization of Sudan.The question before us therefore is: how can we support the women and girls of Sudan to contribute to rebuilding this country?To move forward to a more inclusive, equal and stable Sudan, need to see more women in politics and decision-making, more women at the center of the peacebuilding processes, a more friendly legal and policy environment for women and girls to claim and enjoy all their citizenship rights and an effective recognition of women’s roles economic, social and cultural spheres of nation building in Sudan.The UN in Sudan under my leadership, has prioritized the needs and demands of women and girls in a UN Action Plan of support to the transition; this includes ensuring the leadership and participation of women in sustainable peace; the ratification of CEDAW and a National Action Plan 1325; and mitigating the impact on women and youth of expected shocks from anticipated macro-economic and economic policy reforms.To all the women, men, girls and boys of Sudan, on behalf of the United Nations in Sudan, I wish you a Happy International Women’s Day. Collectively, these change makers of all ages and genders can tackle the unfinished business of addressing gender inequality.The UN in Sudan has been fortunate to bear witness to the courage, determination and resilience of women of all ages in Sudan as they stood down a 30 yearlong dictatorship to change the governance landscape in Sudan.That change is now yielding tangible benefits for women in terms of more open spaces for representation and participation in government, the repeal of oppressive laws, women’s inclusion in peace processes and political will of the government to prioritize women’s empowerment. Every year we do competition for group and individual. Rape, a single word with devastating impact that spans decades, even generations.It destroys bodies and minds and puts peace in jeopardy. She compared it to then-first lady Hillary Clinton’s groundbreaking “women’s rights are human rights” speech before the United Nations in 1995. Those who use rape as a weapon know just how powerfully it traumatizes and how it suppresses voice and agency.