SEEKING NAMES OF INFLUENTIAL WOMEN - SUDAN

UNCLAS KHARTOUM 000148 SIPDIS SIPDIS STATE FOR S/WE: SASHA MEHRA AND GERDA LANE E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: KWMN PHUM PREL SU SUBJECT: SEEKING NAMES OF INFLUENTIAL WOMEN - SUDAN REF: 06 STATE 202341 ¶1. Per reftel, Embassy Khartoum has identified what we believe are the five most influential women in Sudan. Our list is geographically diverse and includes women from civil society and government. Names, titles, and contact information for each of the women follow: NAME: Mariam Al Sadig Al Siddig Al Mahdi TITLE: General Secretary Assistant for Communications, Women's Development Sector, Umma Party CONTACT INFORMATION: Umma National Party Headquarters, Al Morada Street, Omdurman; Cell Phone: (249) 9-12631094 E-mail: maryom96@yahoo.com NAME: Rebecca Garang TITLE: Minister of Transports and Roads CONTACT INFORMATION: Government of South Sudan, Juba NAME: Dr. Tabitha Boutros Shokaya TITLE: Minister of Health CONTACT INFORMATION: Phone: (249) 183-774381; Cell phone: (249) 9-11182535 NAME: Amal Abbas TITLE: Consultant of Editorial Board, Al Sahafa newspaper CONTACT INFORMATION: Phone: (249) 183-789422 c/o Editor-in-Chief NAME: Dr. Amna Dirar TITLE: Secretary General, Beja Congress CONTACT INFORMATION: Ahfad University; Phone: (249) 9-12348924 c/o Amna Badri ¶2. In some cases, it may be easier for the Department to pass information to these women via Embassy and/or Consulate General Juba channels. POWERS