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30 December 2016
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New Somali midwifery curriculum gets international recognition
A new midwifery curriculum for Somali midwifery schools has been approved by the International Confederation of Midwives (ICM) as adequately meeting globally accepted midwifery…
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19 December 2016
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Young girls taking up the fight against gender based violence
Young girls, including adolescents, from internally displaced persons (IDPs) settlements and host communities in Garowe and Bosaso in the Puntland State of Somalia are taking up…
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16 December 2016
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Puntland pioneering a law against sexual offences
National authorities in the Puntland State of Somalia, led by the Ministry of Justice and Religious Affairs (MoJRAR), on November 29, 2016 launched the first ever Sexual Offences…
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17 November 2016
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Development of the Somali midwifery strategy initiated
The development of a Somali Midwifery Strategy to contribute to the midwifery profession and service development has been initiated. The process is part of the overall Health…
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12 November 2016
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Young Somalis position themselves for the country’s development
The youth in Somalia are positioning themselves to play an active role in the implementation of the country’s National Development Plan (NDP) and the Sustainable Development Goals…
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20 October 2016
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The power of 10: Ten astonishing facts about 10-year-old girls
Forced marriage, child labour, female genital mutilation and other practices undermining girls’ health and rights threaten the world’s ambitious development agenda, warns UNFPA,…
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09 October 2016
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Hardworking Somali midwives to receive incentives
A group of midwives working in rural areas in Puntland, Somalia will be receiving incentives for going the extra mile in reaching out to the vulnerable and the hard-to-reach…
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06 October 2016
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Promoting birth spacing to save lives
A new pool of 25 health personnel has been created in Somalia to contribute to saving the lives of women and newborn babies through the provision of birth spacing methods. Somalia…
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05 October 2016
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The trek towards fistula repair
Abdisalam Bahwal, UNFPA Somalia Behaviour Change Communication and Family Planning Analyst, who is based in the Garowe office, narrates a story of a fistula survivour, Farhiya,…
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