ALT Two young Sudanese girls wearing white headscarves. Text overlay reads: Three years on, Sudan’s civilians are still showing up. Today, we are thinking of the people running emergency rooms, holding women’s rooms, and building platforms that keep pushing for an inclusive peace, even when uncertainty clouds the horizon. It is in these rooms and networks that we see how people are supporting each other every day. Care goes beyond food and essential items. It’s a neighbour listening, a new volunteer lining up for the next shift, a group agreeing what happens next, a rumour cleared up before escalation. Nearly half of Sudan’s community kitchens have shut in the last six months, just as food shortages, mass displacement, and attacks on farmland and trade routes have soared. That’s why the Berlin conference feels urgent. We need Sudan back in the spotlight and turn international solidarity into material aid.As efforts to end the war continue, we need to scale up endeavours aimed at survival,

ALT Two women wearing colourful patterned shawls stand closely together at an outdoor market, with traditional buildings and blue sky in the background.

ALT Graphic by the NGO Working Group on Women, Peace and Security reading “Fight for the Future, Act for 1325 — 661 signatories from 106 countries,” promoting the 2025 WPS Civil Society Open Letter.

ALT Black and white photo of three women in hijabs walking together on a cobblestone street, two smiling and chatting while the third looks down thoughtfully.