Women

Iman Elman 0
- Women
- January 29, 2024
I man Elman is a young female officer in the Somali National Army (SNA) and one of the most prominent women in the security sector with operational and planning experience. Elman has extensive experience in peace building, stabilization, security sector reform and overall peace promotion while countering violent extremism. She was born in Mogadishu, Somalia
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Dr. Edna AdanIsmail 0
- Women
- January 29, 2024
Edna Adan Ismail is a nurse midwife, activist, and was the first female Foreign Minister of Somaliland from 2003 to 2006. She previously served as Somaliland’s Minister of Family Welfare and Social Development. She is the director and founder of the Edna Adan Maternity Hospital in Hargeisa and an activist and pioneer in the struggle
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Ifrah Ahmed 0
- Women
- January 29, 2024
I frah Ahmed, one of the World’s top FGM/C eradication advocates and activists. She received many humanitarian awards for her diligent work and relentless campaigns to end FGM/C around the world. The Ifrah Foundation was founded by Ifrah Ahmed in 2010 to eliminate FGM in East Africa, specifically Somalia. Having fled the Somali civil war,
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Dr. Khadija Ossoble Ali 0
- Women
- January 29, 2024
Dr. Khadija Ossoble Ali is the cofounder of Idman Community Bank and currently the Chair of the Board. She is also former Minister of State and a member of parliament of the Somali Transitional National Parliament. Khadija has dedicated most of her life has to the public service. She was studying law during the collapse
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Khadija Al-makhzoumi 0
- Women
- January 29, 2024
High profile diplomat and politician who currently serves as the Minister of Environment and Climate Change in Somalia and also a member of the Federal Parliament of Somalia’s House of the People. She assumed office as Minister of Environment and Climate Change on August 9, 2022, and is responsible for developing and implementing environmental policies,
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