This blog post is a part of a series of posts the author occasionally writes about the humanitarian situation in Somalia focusing on Somali #diaspora #humanitarianism, #complexcrises, #gender issues in Somalia. The author is a PhD candidate studying Somali Diaspora Humanitarianism at the University of Copenhagen/University of Nairobi, @Diaspora_Hum. Introduction and background One would expect […]
Social media has given Somali women the space to be free, the opportunity to connect with their fellow sisters, as well as a platform to organize themselves to affect change. Unfortunately, though, alongside this freedom and newfound liberation, there comes a heavy price where women are subjected to higher cases of bullying, trolling and harassment
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Garowe, 6:50pm Long before TEDxMogadishu begun, we sat close together and even more closer to the wide screen projection infront of us. We were anxiously waiting for the speakers to start telling their stories. We were also hoping that the internet would not give us a problem and that the power would not cut. A group of
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I am the sister of the martyr. I am the aunt of the potato seller at the local market. I am the daughter of the local sheikh. I am the injured of the revolution. The protester. The jailed. The detained. I am the tortured. The exiled. The kidnapped. The raped. I am the veiled. The
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I am honored and humbled to have been invited to one of Africa\’s biggest Book Festivals- The StoryMoja Book Festival by its founder Muthoni Garland. I met Muthoni in Hergeysa during the Hergeysa Book Fair. I was invited there together with other women from the Puntland Women Writers Association (PWWA). At the Storymoja i will
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The Somalia Gender Hub aims to advance studies and the provision of data and evidence on gender and the situation of women in Somalia