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Hargeysa,
Somaliland, October 31, 2009 (SL Times) – In a BBC Somali Service
program that was broadcast Oct.23, 2009, several Somaliland women
discussed the problems that women face in Somaliland society
particularly in the political arena.
Among the women interviewed were Fadumo Said, Shukri Haji Bandaro,
Zamzam Abdi Adan and other women leaders.
The women pointed out how after almost two decades of Somaliland
independence, women are still not anywhere close to getting their
rights. They agreed that the president’s rejection of the only one that
was nominated to the electoral commission was a big let down and showed
insensitivity to the political disenfranchisement of women. They asked
why men insist that women stay at home and not be involved in politics
while at the same time men have no problem buying the narcotic qat from
women who spend almost all day outside their home.
The program ended with very touching poems by Nimo Adan.
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