VIENNA (UNHCR) - When Zahara (not her real name) decided to become a police officer, she did not think that one day she would be the one needing protection. Zahara grew up in Burao, northern Somalia, ...

In a studio where the hum of broadcast equipment mixes with focused conversation, the team at Bilan Media prepares for a live ...

Somalia is one of the world's most dangerous countries for journalists. In its highly conservative society, women largely are expected to stay at home and avoid public life. The country's first ...

NAIROBI (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - African Union (AU) peacekeepers in Somalia rape women seeking medicine on their bases and routinely pay teenage girls for sex, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said on ...

STORY HIGHLIGHTS The World Bank-supported Rajo Kaaba ("Building Hope") program has enabled over 2,700 Somali girls to access ...

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 ...

NAIROBI/GAROWE, Oct 28 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Women's rights groups, prominent businesswomen and female politicians in Somalia are urging the country's male-dominated parliament to pass a bill ...

A country cannot be ‘partially collapsed’ any more than a person can be ‘partially dead.’ Thus, the accusation of binary ...

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", ...

MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — 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.