Photo Courtesy of Direct Relief @Flickr In recent Somaliland elections, candidates of all three political parties pledged that upon success they would commit to ending the practice of Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) in the country. It is estimated that 98 percent of Somali women have undergone FGM, a practice that can lead to severe health complications. British-Somali anti-FGM activist...
Photo Courtesy of Direct Relief @Flickr In recent Somaliland elections, candidates of all three political parties pledged that upon success they would commit to ending the practice of...
Photo courtesy of Star File According to Khushi Kabir, coordinator of Nijera Kori and member of the International Chittagong Hill Tracts Commission, the “deliberate exclusion of indigenous...
Photo courtesy of The Huffington Post Haratin women endure disproportionate suffering as slaves and victims of sexual violence in Mauritania. Many of these women are born into slavery and experience discrimination...
Photo by UNFPA Somalia Environment and migration can be strongly tied as demonstrated by the case of Somaliland. Although often a neglected topic, the consequences for environmental refugees...
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