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 ...

Your donation today will help MinnPost continue to report on the news you need. NAIROBI, KENYA — The women found each other in the market of Eastleigh, a rough-and-tumble suburb of Nairobi, Kenya, ...

Construction is booming in Somalia's capital city and as Mogadishu literally rises from the ashes of its violent past it is also giving unexpected opportunities to women like Fathi Mohamed Abdi and ...

Khadija Mohamed Al-Makhzoumi on Wednesday addressed a ministerial-level meeting at the United Nations headquarters in New York, highlighting the challenges faced by Somali women and calling for ...

GAROWE, Somalia, Jan 11 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Nearly a third of Somalia's parliamentary seats will be reserved for female lawmakers in an election next month, the prime minister said, a ...

Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud on Saturday congratulated women across the country and in the diaspora as Somalia marked International Women's Day on March 8.In a statement, Mohamud praised ...

"Woman Land,” a Minneapolis-made short directed by Yasmin Yassin, debuts in Finland and Minnesota. The 10-minute film is a ...

A new short film by Minneapolis filmmaker Yasmin Yassin follows two Somali American sisters running a social-media ...

MOGADISHU, Somalia - The Hormuud Salaam Foundation (HSF) has distributed cash grants to vulnerable women and internally displaced persons in Mogadishu, marking the 14th consecutive year of its ...

MOGADISHU, Somalia — A Somali woman has been sentenced to 15 years in prison for financing Al-Shabaab, laundering money, and supporting terrorist activities, authorities said Monday. The Banaadir ...