Through its partnership with SOMWA and Somali authorities, UNESCO pledged to continue supporting freedom of expression and ...

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 ...

That question echoed through the hall in Mogadishu as journalists, diplomats, and human rights advocates gathered for a one-day workshop on "Digital Safety and Gender Justice: Ending Impunity for ...

MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — A Somali appeals court on Sunday dropped charges against a woman who alleged she was raped by government security forces and had been convicted of defaming the government.

A strange sight appears on the streets of Mogadishu: a figure dressed all in black, including a cowboy hat, riding a horse. Shukri Osman Muse, Somalia's first female ...

Construction is booming in Somalia's capital city and as Mogadishu literally rises from the ashes of its violent past it is also giving unexpected opportunities to women like Fathi Mohamed Abdi and ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. A roadside bomb ripped through a group of female street cleaners in Mogadishu, killing at least 20 civilians and wounding dozens, most ...

In Somalia, where six out of ten births take place without a doctor, childbirth is often a matter of survival. For women ...

NAIROBI (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - African Union (AU) peacekeepers in Somalia rape women seeking medicine on their bases and routinely pay teenage girls for sex, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said on ...