LUKE AWICH “I am a victim. We must not shy away from it. It is not a good thing. We must call Female Genital Mutilation a national disaster.” That’s what Wajir Woman Representative Fatuma Gedi said on Tuesday when she … Continued
By Caroline Le Marechal A leadership programme designed by and for Somali women in Bristol has proved such a success it is now running its second course. Horumar, which means “going forward”, was set up after a council BAME course … Continued
MARIB (Reuters) – When Um Feras realised there were no leisure spaces for women in her city in Yemen, she founded her own cafe and hopes to change attitudes about women-led businesses. “There were no places for women to gather … Continued
by Nita Bhalla and Mohammed Omer NAIROBI/GAROWE, Women’s rights groups, prominent businesswomen and female politicians in Somalia are urging the country’s male-dominated parliament to pass a bill reserving 30% of seats for women in next year’s general election. Women hold 24% … Continued
DUBAI (Reuters) – Rights groups want participants in a G20 women’s meeting starting in Saudi Arabia on Wednesday to seek the release of detained female activists and call out the kingdom for its record on rights. As current chair of … Continued
By Salem Solomon WASHINGTON – As the United Nations on Sunday marks International Day of the Girl Child, a Somali mother and daughter who have dedicated their lives to rehabilitating victims of conflict are gaining international acclaim. Fartuun Adan and her daughter … Continued
Sports CS Amina Mohamed has not made it to the final leg of the race for the WTO job, according to Bloomberg. It said World Trade Organization members selected two final candidates – Nigeria’s Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala and South Korea’s Yoo … Continued
By Stella Cherono When she was promoted to Brigadier General and appointed Deputy Police Commissioner of the Somali Police Force in 2018, Zakia Hussein Ahmed was elated although she knew the task ahead was tough. She became the first female to … Continued
By Yasmeen Maxamuud Somali women are truly magical. They are resilient, bouncing back time and again while defying adversity and showing us the true meaning of uplifting society by the bootstrap, and we always knew that, they transcend pain, and … Continued
The UN official working to end rape during wartime is urging authorities in Somalia to scrap a proposed law that allows for child marriage, among other “very disturbing provisions”. Pramila Patten, the Secretary-General’s Special Representative on Sexual Violence in Conflict, wants … Continued
Qorsho, the first Somali American educator to receive the prestigious honor, was selected out of 134 nominees. The principal at Gideon Pond Elementary School in Burnsville, where Qorsho taught fifth grade the last two years, described her as a “game-changing … Continued
By ABDULKADIR KHALIF Mogadishu Renowned Somali medical doctor, philanthropist and humanitarian Dr Hawa Abdi is dead. Dr Abdi, known by many as Mama Hawa, died in Mogadishu on Wednesday, her family announced. “Dr Hawa [Abdi] did not have illness, but … Continued
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