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UNFPA Support in the Development of Midwifery profession in Somalia and Somaliland
Around the world, women lack adequate access to quality health care, which make pregnancy and childbirth difficult and, in some situations, fatal. Midwives provide crucial maternal care in many parts... Read more
The Dear Daughter Campaign is nominated for The Webby Awards
More than 200 million women and girls around the world live with the consequences of Female Genital Mutilation (FGM). In Somalia, 99 per cent of girls and women between the ages of 15 and 49 have... Read more
Promote your own success! Advice from a young female Somali leader.
My name is Ayaan Khalif. I am the Project Manager at iRise Hub, managing the EU-funded Dalbile Project under UNFPA Somalia. As a Project Manager you find yourself working throughout the whole... Read more
How seed funding blossomed into handmade flowers
Hafsa Essa Hassan is a 25-year-old woman, born and raised in Hargeisa. After four years of dedication and hard work, she graduated from the Faculty of Urban Planning and Management from the... Read more
Seeing clearly in Somaliland through SMART OPTICAL
Mubarik Caaqil is a 26-year-old Optometric doctor living in Hargeisa. In 2019, he graduated from the University of Hargeisa with a Bachelor’s degree in Optometric. Today, he is the founder of SMART... Read more
A second chance at education
Aisha Ali is a single mother of two children, living in Shabeelle settlement for Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) in Garowe. Aisha never attended school, and when she arrived at Tilmaame Youth... Read more
Knowledge is Power
Asha Mohamed Ali is a 33-year-old single mother of five children: two daughters and three sons. Since her partner passed away a year ago, she is raising her children on her own. Displaced from... Read more
Changing her society - at the age of 15.
Amina* is a 15-year-old girl, living with her mother in Tula-amin camp for Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in Balad-Hawa district in the Gedo region. Growing up, it was just the two of them, as... Read more
In Somalia, 100 mothers pledge not to subject daughters to female genital mutilation
MOGADISHU, Somalia – When Halima* was eight, she underwent female genital mutilation under the blade of her mother, a traditional birth attendant (TBA). “The procedure was painful, with no... Read more
Ending Gender-Based Violence in Puntland: A story about a survivor turned activist
Farhiya Jama is a 42-year-old resident of the Bilan camp for Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) in Garowe. She is a mother of three daughters and an activist leading her community in the fight to end... Read more