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Marking International Human Rights Day with an urgent call for equality.

Today, on International Human Rights Day, we join around the theme Our Rights, Our Future, Right Now. This powerful slogan emphasises the critical need...

Somali Media Women Association on transforming the media landscape

In Somalia, where media has historically been influenced by patriarchal norms and war, the Somali Media Women Association (SOMWA) is a unique force for change. Maryan...

A Somali female journalist, fights for justice after Puntland police brutality.

Bosaaso, Puntland -  Police officers arrested Suweys Jama Mohamud, also known as Suweys Ga'ate, a prominent female journalist for Puntland TV, after kicking her...

SOMWA celebrates International Women’s Day on discussion about digital capacity for Somali women

In the celebration of International Women’s Day on 8 March 2023, Somali Media Women Association (SOMWA) held an open panel discussion in Baidoa, the...

The impact of online/offline harassment on Somali female journalists

The growing popularity of digital media was supposed to give women in media visibility and safety but instead, it's making women journalists more vulnerable....

Somalia: ‘Sustained focus, investments’ needed to boost women’s political participation

Briefing ambassadors under the Women, Peace, and Security agenda, she said that her most recent trip, earlier this month, was aimed at boosting women’s...

New Research: Alarming Evidence of Online Attacks on Women Journalists Leading to ‘Real World’ Violence

Julie Posetti, Jackie Harrison and Silvio Waisbord The insidious problem of online violence against women journalists is increasingly spilling offline, with potentially deadly consequences, a...

Front-line female journalists talk about how Covid19 is affecting Somali IDPs

The COVID-19 pandemic was confirmed to have reached Somalia on mid-March 2020 when the first case was confirmed in Mogadishu, and started to dramatically escalate in the...
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