Siham Daoud Anglo (Arabic: سهام داوود born in 1960) is a Sudanese Human Rights

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in community development and peace building. Anglo was among 16

Sudan Sudan, officially the Republic of the Sudan, is a country in Northeast Africa. It borders the Central African Republic to the southwest, Chad to the west, Libya to the northwest, Egypt to the north, the Red Sea to the east, Eritrea and Ethiopi ...

ese women nominated for their efforts in Peace building in Sudan, and mentioned together with the 1000 women proposed for the

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in 2005. Anglo profile picture was one of the three women on the book cover featuring 1000 women form the global. In 1987, Anglo took the initiative of assisting the displaced women in the Sudan. She established a training center that generates women's labor skills in many work areas. She began the work from her own house, which put a lot of pressure on her family. Anglo initiated this project to support displaced Nubian women, women from other tribes, and their families in the Zagalona area Omduramn. The project was started by teaching women crafting and fabric dying and Sewing and "Tie-Dye” in 1994, about 180 women have completed their training and their new skills serves as medium of livelihood for their families. The illiteracy fighting classes by Anglo's center has helped many women in Sudan to read and write. Anglo actively participated in the Nuba Mountains Women for Peace (NMWP) in 1998.

Work

Anglo through Sudanese women for peace involved in building capacity of women and helped them to make peace building efforts. Through Angalo work with women in the Zag Rags Center she trained hundred of women on sewing and crafting enable them to have income.

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Sudanese activists 1961 births Sudanese women activists Living people 20th-century Sudanese women 21st-century Sudanese women Women human rights activists Sudanese human rights activists {{Sudan-bio-stub