Sudanese Professionals Association
The Sudanese Professionals' Association (SPA; Arabic: تجمع المهنيين السودانيين) is an umbrella association of 17 different Sudanese trade unions. The organisation started forming in October 2012, though was not officially registered due to government crackdowns on trade unions, and was created more formally in October 2016 by an alliance between unions of doctors, journalists and lawyers. In December 2018, the group called for the introduction of a minimum wage and participated in protests in Atbara against the rising cost of living. The SPA came to take an increasingly prominent role in the 2018–2019 Sudanese protests against the government of Omar al-Bashir during 2019. The organisation is also a member of the Progressive International
تجمع المهنيين السودانيين | |
| Founded | August 2016 |
|---|---|
| Type | Trade Union Association |
| Focus | living wage, improved working conditions |
| Location | |
| Origins | lecturers' union, doctors' union, teachers' committee |
Area served | Sudan |
| Method | nonviolent resistance |
Key people | Mohamed Yousif Ahmed al-Mustafa Mohamed Nagi Alassam Sara Abdelgalil |
| Subsidiaries | Teachers' Committee; Central Committee of Sudanese Doctors; Democratic Lawyers Association (17 altogether as of 2018) |
| Website | https://sudaneseprofessionals.org |
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