GALKAYO, Somalia (UNHCR) - Hawa Aden has been called a witch. She and her women colleagues have been labelled traitors to Somali culture and the Islamic religion, and had Friday sermons preached ...

Saanta Collective’s performance re-creates a Gaaf, a traditional Somali wedding afterparty, features Somali music and dance, ...

After 34 years of conflict, Somalia has long seen men dominate the search for peace. But women are increasingly stepping forward, breaking traditional barriers to play a central role in reconciliation ...

The first time I heard a Somali female parliamentarian describe her experience of the quota system, she did not use the word "opportunity." She used the word "chess piece." "They give us seats," she ...

MOGADISHU, Somalia-Somali Religious Council has opposed the 30 per cent quota for women in the upcoming electoral process, endorsed by Leaders of the Federal government and regional administrations, ...

UNESCO joined forces with the Somalia Academy of Science and Arts (SOMASA) in collaboration with the Somali National Commission for UNESCO and the Somali Permanent Delegation to UNESCO to organize a ...

It is eight o’clock in the morning. As punctual as ever, Jamila Ali Hassan, 30, opens the creaking door of the Dairy Retail Cooperative in the Melkadida refugee camp, ready to receive the farmers who ...

For every individual, there is a journey completed by those who came before that eventually comes to define the current days and shapes stories. These are roots, origin stories and for many, it ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — Ohio is home to the second largest Somali population in the U.S. and now there is a place to uplift their heritage after a new museum opened last weekend. Co-founder Mohamed ...

Since its inception in 2019, Somalia's Gargaara MSME Financing Facility, supported by the World Bank and the Somalia Multi-Partner Fund (MPF), has issued more than 1,600 loans to entrepreneurs in ...

MOGADISHU, Somalia - Shortly after sunrise, a group of young women arrives at a football pitch in Mogadishu, where they shrug off their hijabs — some changing underneath the billowing veil — to reveal ...

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