A new generation of young Somali women are rewriting the country's employment story, thanks to technical and vocational education and training (TVET).

(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 ...

Somalia's Interior Ministry hosted a key meeting on Tuesday focused on strengthening the role of Somali women in state-building, peacebuilding and national development, officials said.Director General ...

Beauty is deeply personal, tied to culture, history and self regard. But some African nations are often praised for having the most beautiful women in Africa, whose grace, style and presence catch ...

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 ...

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 ...

Hundreds of Somali spectators cheered as they watched two teams of young women play football in a Mogadishu stadium -- an unimaginable scene in the conservative, conflict-hit country just a few years ...

Somali women are prolific micro-entrepreneurs and job creators. They own more than half of all household businesses, which account for a quarter of paid female jobs. Yet, without foundational ...

Objective Sanaag and Sool are two remote regions in Somaliland with limited access to health service and high burden of HIV/AIDS. The aim of this study was to identify the predictors of HIV/AIDS ...