The meeting was held in Garowe as a response of #DoortaHaweenka campaign in order to increase the number of women candidates in Puntland parliamentary elections.
The Chairwoman of the Somali Gender Equity Movement (SGEM), Zainab M. Hassan and other notable women leaders attended the meeting. Among those who participated in the meeting are Marian Ahmed Ali, Minister of Women and Family Affairs, Saido Hussein, Deputy Minister of the Ministry of Agriculture, Suad Salah, Deputy Minister for Air Transportation, Fadumo Adan, Permanent Secretary of the Somali National Women’s Organization, former ministers, a number of women candidates, and other members of the civil society.
Special thanks to Ijaabi Sheikh Hassan for organizing this special event.