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 ...

"Woman Land,” a Minneapolis-made short directed by Yasmin Yassin, debuts in Finland and Minnesota. The 10-minute film is a ...

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 ...

Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud on Saturday congratulated women across the country and in the diaspora as Somalia marked International Women's Day on March 8.In a statement, Mohamud praised ...

LONDON, June 15 (TrustLaw) - A Thomson Reuters Foundation poll may have found that Afghanistan is the most dangerous place to be a woman, but Somalia's women's minister is astonished any country could ...

When the Thomson Reuters Foundation revealed today that Afghanistan had topped its list of the world's most dangerous countries for women, Somalia's women's minister, Maryan Qasim, had one reaction: ...

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 ...

MOGADISHU, Somalia-Somali Religious Council has opposed the 30 per cent quota for women in the upcoming electoral process, endorsed by Leaders of the Federal government and regional administrations, ...

A new short film by Minneapolis filmmaker Yasmin Yassin follows two Somali American sisters running a social-media ...

BAIDOA, Somalia, September 1 (UNHCR) - When Khadra's* husband fell sick, she became the sole breadwinner in her family. As an internally displaced person (IDP) who fled Mogadishu a year ago, work ...

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 ...

MOGADISHU, Somalia - 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.