The Social Impact of the Armed Conflicts on Displaced Woman Lives, North Kordofan, Sudan, (2014-2022)

This study was carried out to identify the Social Impact of the Armed Conflicts on Displaced Woman Lives, during (2014-2022), Umrwaba and Elrahad Localities, North Kordofan State, Sudan. The study followed the Integrated Geographical Vision approach, the Social Survey approach and the Historical approach for discussing hypothesis, and questionnaire for collecting primary data, beside references, books, essays, articles and reports for completing information. The study sample is represented by (150) of displaced women from the targeted population. Statistic Package for Social Science Program (SPSS) version 16 is used for data analysis, through using the descriptive statistic tools (tables, figures and percentages). The study has reached different results as following: In the years (2011-2015) the study area has witnessed the biggest waves of displacement with (58.6%), due to the intensification of armed conflicts attacks, and the invasion of the Revolutionary United Front (RUF) Abu korchoula area. Armed conflicts were considered as the main cause of displacement representing more than (80%) among the other causes. The results of the study revealed that, (100%) of respondents reported that, they have had influenced with social impacts, due to armed conflicts, (62.3%) of them noted that, the social impacts were including: effects on education, health, and social relationships of the displaced women lives. The social impacts on education of displaced women lives were including: The deterioration of educational level, dropping out of children from schools scored (47.2%), beside the lack of will for education, and that resulted in people passive vision towards education as an investment. These referred to the lack of institutions to teach children in displacement camps, it is also difficult to enroll children in the city’s schools, because of their low academic levels, and high cost of tuition. The social impacts on health of the displaced women lives were including: the lack of health services, increased treatment cost, and the deterioration of the health status, which represented (81.8%). The psychological pressure resulting from increased burden on women as the main breadwinners of the family, and their tireless efforts to provide food for their families. This suffering exacerbated by the lack of health services, and the high cost of treatment, that forced them to relay on the traditional treatment, that resulted in increasing the mortality rates, especially for elderly, children, and pregnant women. The social impacts on family’s relationships of the displaced women lives were including: Weakening family’s relationships, acquiring new relationships, changing the family’s structure represented (57.3%). (69.3%) of respondents reported that, they have missed a person from their families, the missing person could be the father, or son, or the husband, and that increased the burden on displaced women, because they have been playing the role of the household, beside their routine role as families’ housewives. These burdens could be expressed as follows: children support, practicing more than one job, increased psychiatric stress represented (90.7%), as well as bullying and acceptance