UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed (foreground right) meets women leaders in Mogadishu [Photo: UNSOM] MOGADISHU, Somalia - Women from the federal republic of Somalia have been challenged to ...

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 ...

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 ...

Somalia, supported by the United Nations, celebrated the International Day for Women in Maritime on Sunday, with an event designed to celebrate women’s role in the country’s sea-based industries.

I want to use the occasion of International Women’s Day to heap praise on the contribution of our women both at home and abroad. Somali women have been at the forefront in fight against poverty and ...

When the Thomson Reuters Foundation revealed today that Afghanistan had topped its list of the world's most dangerous countries for women, Somalia's women's minister, Maryan Qasim, had one reaction: ...

*Refers to the latest 2 years of omaha.com stories. Cancel anytime. MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) - A Somali appeals court on Sunday dropped charges against a woman who alleged she was raped by government ...

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, ...

On March 14, the conservative Heritage Foundation played host to the president of Somaliland, a breakaway region of Somalia “whose self-declared independence … is not internationally recognized,” in ...