Sudan - Khartoum - Yvonne Ridley greeted by Sudanese women

After a flight from the Sudanese capital Khartoum, British Muslim activist, TV broadcaster and journalist, Yvonne Ridley is greeted by women of Darfur on the tarmac of Al-Fashir airport. She and a delegation hosted by British peer Lord Ahmed, she is here to attend the first-ever international Conference on Womens' Challenge in Darfur, hosted by the governor in his own compound. The Sudanese Women General Union has 27,000 branches all over Sudan, including Darfur. They have representatives in all rural villages, across communities of around 80 tribes and clans. The women of Sudan are wives, mothers, farmers a real force and historically, there have been female leaders.

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After a flight from the Sudanese capital Khartoum, British Muslim activist, TV broadcaster and journalist, Yvonne Ridley is greeted by women of Darfur on the tarmac of Al-Fashir airport. She and a delegation hosted by British peer Lord Ahmed, she is here to attend the first-ever international Conference on Womens' Challenge in Darfur, hosted by the governor in his own compound. The Sudanese Women General Union has 27,000 branches all over Sudan, including Darfur. They have representatives in all rural villages, across communities of around 80 tribes and clans. The women of Sudan are wives, mothers, farmers a real force and historically, there have been female leaders.