Foreign Affairs committee  Thank you very much for mentioning that. Regarding the communication between women, it's very important to bring women together. So far, we are doing that with difficulty. Before signing the CPA, we did that outside Sudan with the support of the Netherlands embassy regarding the

Foreign Affairs committee  As far as I know, no. We don't have that much access to governments, so I was really grateful and thankful for this great chance you provided us with to talk to you. But these kinds of opportunities are not available that much to civil society.

Foreign Affairs committee  Thank you.

Foreign Affairs committee  You know, the issue of Sharia has always been the main thing that concerns the national congress. When they stopped talking about it, it was because of certain people from south Sudan. But after the separation, I am sure the issue will be the top issue again. So we will be back t

Foreign Affairs committee  Yes, I think that the referendum will get a lot of attention and concern. Actually, the government of south Sudan is making a lot of effort to make people who are going to vote fully aware of the processes for them. They did that. I've been to Juba twice in the last six months.

Foreign Affairs committee  No, we don't have one, but as far as I know, Sudanese parliamentarians do these kind of things, extending experiences with other parliamentarians from other countries. I was wondering—and it's just a suggestion—whether this could happen. Maybe you can take the civil society in be

Foreign Affairs committee  Thank you very much. We really appreciate that.

Foreign Affairs committee  Well, after the separation it will be just the north.

Foreign Affairs committee  I'm sorry, I didn't get that.

Foreign Affairs committee  Which country, or which...?

Foreign Affairs committee  Well, all the decisions are made in Khartoum in the Parliament, so--

Foreign Affairs committee  Oh, Chinese. Yes, they are in terms of oil, and when it comes to wealth.

Foreign Affairs committee  As civil society, no. At least, I am not aware that we have. Do you mean the Government of China?

Foreign Affairs committee  Yes. Definitely this will be a great chance to lobby for these issues. The problem with it is that they need support, and of course they need access. The media are controlled by the regime, so with the limited space that we have we try our best to send our message. Even with th

Foreign Affairs committee  Some of these things are clear. The 25%, as I said, was a good indicator of the effort by the civil society organizations. But women's issues, apart from the basic things, such as education and health, and all these services, are very.... In terms of legal reform, we don't have t