Women's rights groups, prominent businesswomen and female politicians in Somalia are urging the country's male-dominated parliament to pass a bill reserving 30% of seats for women in next year's ...

The word for "mother "in Somali is "hoyo." In 2018, we introduced you to a company by that name. Mariam Mohamed, who came ...

GALKAYO, Somalia (UNHCR) - Hawa Aden has been called a witch. She and her women colleagues have been labelled traitors to Somali culture and the Islamic religion, and had Friday sermons preached ...

Somalia's breakaway region of Somaliland said on Thursday it had cancelled its first women's football tournament as it fell foul of Islamic values, sparking outrage among women's rights groups.

After feeling alone and unsafe during her early months in Cedar-Riverside, Ayan Isaq decided to find a way to bring her community together. Her idea spurred local Somali women to create a traditional ...

That question echoed through the hall in Mogadishu as journalists, diplomats, and human rights advocates gathered for a one-day workshop on "Digital Safety and Gender Justice: Ending Impunity for ...

For Somali society, TikTok is more than an entertainment app; it is a powerful force reshaping identity, politics, and community life. It amplifies clannism by rewarding emotional, divisive content, ...

In Rochester, a new gym is giving Muslim women a place to work out comfortably, and it could help fight rising rates of chronic illness in the Somali community.

Salom Abdulle is worried her 13-year-old daughter won’t speak Somali, potentially straining her family relationships. “I don’t have any problem understanding my daughter, but my parents do,” she said.

For every individual, there is a journey completed by those who came before that eventually comes to define the current days and shapes stories. These are roots, origin stories and for many, it ...