{"id":40904,"date":"2026-07-28T15:52:51","date_gmt":"2026-07-28T13:52:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/?post_type=news&#038;p=40904"},"modified":"2026-07-28T15:52:51","modified_gmt":"2026-07-28T13:52:51","slug":"pap-pushes-for-women-led-peace-process-in-sudan","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/pap-pushes-for-women-led-peace-process-in-sudan\/","title":{"rendered":"PAP pushes for women-led peace process in Sudan \u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Pan-African Parliament (PAP) has issued an urgent call for an integrated, gender-responsive approach to address the escalating humanitarian crisis in Sudan, highlighting the severe toll the war continues to take on women and children.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Presenting a report on the security situation to the First Ordinary Session of the Seventh Legislature, Phillipus Wido Katamelo, Chairperson of the Committee on Co-operation, International Relations, and Conflict Resolution, warned that vulnerable populations remain the most affected by ongoing hostilities.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Katamelo urged continental lawmakers to ensure the meaningful participation of Sudanese women in all upcoming peace mediation and post-conflict reconstruction efforts.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In addition, the committee requested an extraordinary session of the PAP dedicated specifically to the Sudanese crisis, aimed at formulating concrete conflict-resolution proposals to present to the warring factions<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;ChannelAfrica&#8211;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":14707,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"news-type":[78,26],"class_list":["post-40904","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-featured","news-type-general_news","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"PAP calls for gender-responsive relief in Sudan crisis","published_date":"2026-07-28 15:51:36","news_description":"PAP calls for gender-responsive relief in Sudan crisis","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/40904","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/40904\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":40905,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/40904\/revisions\/40905"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14707"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40904"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=40904"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}