FGM remains a deeply rooted practice among Sudanese and Somali refugees. Though it has gone underground because of legal ...

A Twin Cities nonprofit serving Somali and Afghan women is expanding its services for victims of domestic and sexual abuse. Isuroon launched a hotline for victims last summer and is developing plans ...

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 ...

The National Union of Somali Journalists (NUSOJ) has today launched a new report titled "Targeted Online, Unsafe Offline: Gender-Based Violence and Impunity Against Women Journalists in Somalia", ...

Some women in Somalia have found work in its male-dominated construction industry, proving that skill, not gender, determines success. Women employees want to become mentors and role models in their ...

GALKAYO, Somalia, October 25 (UNHCR) - When the two buses from Mogadishu finally reached Galkayo, everyone aboard felt relieved even though the road had been paved with militiamen robbing passengers ...

When Faisa Idow went into labour with her first child, she sensed something was terribly wrong. The 23-year-old from a rural village in Somalia's Bay region endured several agonising days of ...

GAROWE, Somalia, Jan 11 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Nearly a third of Somalia's parliamentary seats will be reserved for female lawmakers in an election next month, the prime minister said, a ...

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 ...