Through its partnership with SOMWA and Somali authorities, UNESCO pledged to continue supporting freedom of expression and ...
The word for "mother "in Somali is "hoyo." In 2018, we introduced you to a company by that name. Mariam Mohamed, who came from Somalia for college, noticed how hard it was for Somali women to get jobs ...
It is eight o’clock in the morning. As punctual as ever, Jamila Ali Hassan, 30, opens the creaking door of the Dairy Retail Cooperative in the Melkadida refugee camp, ready to receive the farmers who ...
Women's rights groups, prominent businesswomen and female politicians in Somalia are urging the country's male-dominated parliament to pass a bill reserving 30% of seats for women in next year's ...
It's tough to wrap up everything that's unfolded at Hoyo Sambusa since it started a decade ago. Hoyo, which means "mother" in Somali, was founded to help empower women from Somalia. Ghita Worcester, a ...
MOGADISHU — People often laugh when Fathi Mohamed Ahmed tells them she runs the first and only all-female newsroom in Somalia, one of the most dangerous places on the planet to be a reporter. But ...
Joint Statement on 25 Years of United Nations Security Council Resolution (UNSCR) 1325: Delivering on the Promise of Women’s ...
Nearly a third of Somalia's parliamentary seats will be reserved for female lawmakers in an election next month, the prime minister said, a measure long demanded by women's rights campaigners in the ...
The Somali community in Egypt, particularly refugees, faces many challenges: isolation, limited access to resources, cultural ...
MINNEAPOLIS — Fadumo Abdinur sells scarves, skirts, perfume, and odds and ends out of a 10-foot by 10-foot kiosk at a bazaar, paying $562 each month to rent the space. But she’d like to find her way ...