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20 September 2022
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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 Socio-economic Empowerment of…
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19 September 2022
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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 brother, he is still a baby” …
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14 August 2022
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UNFPA announces winners of Joint Innovation Challenge: ten projects that will change the lives of women and girls
UNFPA, the UN sexual and reproductive health agency, is pleased to announce the ten winners of its first-ever Joint Innovation Challenge, a competition to provide funding for…
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27 July 2022
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Empowering Youth Across the Nation Using Soft Skills
Somalia has one of the highest youth unemployment rates in the world at a staggering 67 per cent among 14–29-year-olds. Disconcertingly, the International Labor Organization (ILO)…
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05 July 2022
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Positively impacting her community: working as a clinical officer in Puntland
Farhiya is a hard-working young woman. Since 2018, she works at Y-PEER Puntland as a clinic officer, peer educator, Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR) advocate and…
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29 June 2022
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Young People as Peacebuilders: Galkayo at a Glance
Over 75 percent of Somalia's population is under 35 years of age, according to the most recent Population estimation Survey in 2014. At the same time, there is a lack of adequate…
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30 May 2022
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Not all heroes wear capes, some wear hijabs.
Fatima Abdullahi has five years of experience working as a midwife in Hudur District in the Bakol region of Somalia. Fatima managed to overcome the socio-economic challenges…
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18 May 2022
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Amidst the worst drought crisis experienced in a decade, the need for GBV services is greater than ever.
When men and boys are forced to move with their livestock in pursuit of graze and water, women and girls are left alone without the protection of their family. This leaves women…
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05 May 2022
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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…
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