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06 February 2022
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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. …
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06 February 2022
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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…
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05 February 2022
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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…
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25 January 2022
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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…
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20 January 2022
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Good menstrual hygiene keeps girls in school. Period.
“I had my first period when I was 12, in sixth grade during the monthly test,” said Maryam Abdirahman. “It was a math test, I had studied hard for it but I was in pain and so…
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10 January 2022
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Through small-scale business capital, Youth in Dobley are realizing their potential
Dahir Abdi Ali is a 23-year old energetic man who earns his living, and supports his large family, by working at a car wash service in Dobley Town. Abdi comes from a poverty…
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31 December 2021
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UNFPA continues to provide health services and supportive programmes to adolescents girls in Somalia
With the emergence and spread of COVID-19 across the world, social, political and economic activities came to a standstill in many countries, including Somalia. The implementation…
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24 December 2021
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Dear Daughter Campaign Launch in Jubaland
On 13 December 2021, the Dear Daughter Campaign launched in Kismayo, Jubaland, with the presence of the Regional Minister of Women, and other frontline anti-Female Genital…
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22 December 2021
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The Mogadishu Tech Summit: supporting tech-savvy youth in Somalia
Between 7-9 December 2021, iRise Hub held the third Mogadishu Tech Summit (MTS), in coordination with the Federal Government of Somalia, the Benadir Regional Administration (BRA),…
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