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As 2022 winds down we at Donor Direct Action take a moment to pause – inspired and in awe of the work of our indomitable frontline women’s rights partners from every region of the world!
Help Stop the Medicalization of FGM in Somalia
Help Stop the Medicalization of FGM in Somalia As in most countries around the world, the COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated the suffering of women and…
You can help stop rape in Somalia
You can help stop rape in Somalia Three weeks ago Hodan Ahmed Shalayste was raped and killed in Puntland, Somalia, in front of her three…
The rape and murder of Aisha, a 12 year-old girl
The rape and murder of Aisha, a 12 year-old girl I woke up last Monday to hear the tragic news that 12 year-old Aisha Elias…
Still no justice for girls who died after FGM
Still no justice for girls who died after FGM Hawa Aden Mohamed and girls at the Galkayo Center, Somalia This summer I wrote to you…
Third Somali girl dies after FGM in less than a week
Third Somali girl dies after FGM in less than a week FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE, September 18th 2018 Suheyra Qorane Farah and her sister Zamzam underwent…
Deeqa, 10, died from FGM – help Galkayo Center save others
Deeqa, 10, died from FGM – help Galkayo Center save others A 10-year-old girl, Deeqa Dahir Nuur, bled to death last week after undergoing female…
Justice eludes rape victims in Somalia’s Puntland – campaigners
Justice eludes rape victims in Somalia’s Puntland – campaigners Women and girls in Somalia’s semi-autonomous region of Puntland who accuse police, army and marines of…
Suspect freed after gang rape in Somalia
Suspect freed after gang rape in Somalia Last week we wrote to you about several women and girls who have been brutally raped and gang-raped…
Some Puntland policemen are raping women instead of helping to protect them
Some Puntland policemen are raping women instead of helping to protect them Just after 2am on January 10th a group of eight armed men invaded…
Breaking the silence in the world capital of female genital mutilation
Last year, I met 15 year-old Istar, who had been married off to a 70 year-old man in Eastern Somalia. He paid 10 camels and…
Help us protect girls from female genital mutilation
Ifrah was only seven when she underwent female genital mutilation (FGM) close to her home in Puntland, Somalia. Now 25, she has vowed that none of her four daughters will undergo it. FGM…