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23 February 2023
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Women and Girls Safe Space

Teenage Girl Survives Forced Abortions and Abuse, Receives Support to Rebuild Her Life

Lul, a 19-year-old girl, has endured a series of traumatic experiences, shattering her dreams of a better life. Over the past few years, she has... Read more

17 February 2023
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Displaced people in Kalabeydh (second largest town after Laascaanood). Photo Credit NRC

LAS’ANOD CRISIS: UNFPA SOMALIA RAISES ALARMS ON THE DEVASTATING IMPACT ON WOMEN AND GIRLS

The escalating conflict in Las'anod is yet another crisis facing Somalia, a country already grappling with a severe drought and ongoing security... Read more

6 February 2023
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Niyi Ojuolape, Rep, UNFPA Somalia

A Call to Action against Female Genital Mutilation in Somalia

I am writing this op-ed to mark the International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) and to call for an end to this gross... Read more

31 December 2022
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Women in Kismayo IDP camp

Women and Girls in Somalia Face Critical Life-threating Drought and Conflict Situations

Somalia experienced a devastating drought in 2022, affecting nearly half of its entire population, or approximately 7.8 million people. Currently,... Read more

17 December 2022
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Mother with newborn

Safe birth is a right!

It was a happy occasion at the Badbaado Maternal and Child Health (MCH) center in the Dalxiiska IDP site in Kismayo, Somalia, after the facility... Read more

16 December 2022
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Niyi Ojuolape

Statement by UNFPA Somalia Representative Niyi Ojuolape on the recent incidence of 20 girls being subjected to FGM in Kismayo, Jubaland

UNFPA strongly condemns the recently reported incident of female genital mutilation (FGM) in Kismayo, Jubaland, in which 20 girls were subjected to... Read more

30 November 2022
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Dr Natalia Kanem

Statement by UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem on World AIDS Day 2022

More than 40 years into the AIDS epidemic, we can mark significant advances in stopping the spread of HIV and mitigating its consequences. Yet in... Read more

15 November 2022
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Population  Somlalia

Day of 8 Billion: What it means for Somalia

On the 15th of November, 2022, the world’s population is expected to reach 8 billion. While we embrace this milestone, we must recognize that even as... Read more

20 September 2022
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Soft Skills Training

The Netherlands adds $2.1 million to UNFPA’s Somali Youth Empowerment project

20 September 2022, Mogadishu - The Kingdom of the Netherlands has provided UNFPA Somalia with 2.1 million US Dollars to support the “Accelerated... Read more

19 September 2022
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Unfamiliar justice

Unfamiliar Justice: Regaining hope - Khadijo's story

“I am the eldest of my siblings and live with our mother in a small Bur. My siblings and I share a mat, while my mother sleeps with our youngest... Read more

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