Gender Equity and Women’s Rights
Gender Equity and Women’s Rights
The foundation and premise for the creation of Somali Gender Equity Movement (SGEM) is to promote and fight for women’s rights with specific focus on social, political, and economic right and Somali women’s equitable access to the public sphere and political decision-making arenas. Since its inception, SGEM has made significant progress in promoting human rights of which women’s rights and gender equity are the foundation.
SGEM utilized Somali context-specific research, gender analysis, and best practice models to tackle the glaring absence of Somali women from the public appointive and elective positions as well as the exclusion of women’s voices from the critical debates surrounding Somalia’s statebuilding efforts. SGEM’s Gender Equity and Women’s Rights program uses a broad spectrum of strategies, including advocacy, policy analysis, public education and engagement, and coalition building as well as women empowerment. This program aligns with the Ministry of Women and Human Rights Development’s Somali Women’s Charter, and builds on the UN Sustainable Development Goal 5 on gender equality, and Goal 10 on reducing inequalities and promoting political inclusion.
Women's rights and gender equity

A Poem Dedicated to SOMGEM by Abdinoor Mohamed

Somali Women Campaign for 30% Quota

United Nations Security Council VTC Meeting on Somalia

SGEM Campaigns for Women Political Participation in Garowe

Forum for Women Parliamentarian

Elect Women Song

UHiilliHaweenka (Stand with Somali Women) Campaign – Mogadishu Conference

UHiilliHaweenka Campaign Nairobi Forum

UHiilliHaweenka Campaign Oslo Forum
