MOGADISHU, Somalia - Marking International Women’s Day, the top United Nations official for Somalia today congratulated Somali women for achieving significant progress in recent years – especially in ...

"Woman Land,” a Minneapolis-made short directed by Yasmin Yassin, debuts in Finland and Minnesota. The 10-minute film is a ...

Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud on Saturday congratulated women across the country and in the diaspora as Somalia marked International Women's Day on March 8.In a statement, Mohamud praised ...

GALKAYO, Somalia (UNHCR) - Hawa Aden has been called a witch. She and her women colleagues have been labelled traitors to Somali culture and the Islamic religion, and had Friday sermons preached ...

MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — In a city long defined by conflict, Somalia’s capital of Mogadishu now echoes with the crash of pins at the country’s first modern bowling alley. It’s the latest sign of ...

(Nairobi, September 8, 2014) – Soldiers from the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) have sexually abused and exploited vulnerable Somali women and girls on their bases in Mogadishu, Human ...

VIENNA (UNHCR) - When Zahara (not her real name) decided to become a police officer, she did not think that one day she would be the one needing protection. Zahara grew up in Burao, northern Somalia, ...