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Somalia is largely considered to be one of the worst places on Earth for women. According to Nadia Sufi Abdi, the centre's human rights documentation officer, the country is a "woman's hell on Earth " since "no woman in Somalia is happy to be a woman because, from the cradle to the grave, a woman is a victim". However, only a few people is really aware of what is still happening today in Somalia. Here is therefore a general overview of gender issues in this country.

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Waris Dirie is a Somali supermodel that turned human rights activist speaking out against the process of FGM, being herself a victim of this practice when she was 5. At the age of 13, she fled ...

Domain: Human rights; Category: Equality

Parce que la femme est considérée par la société somalienne comme inférieure à l'homme dans quelque domaine que ce soit, elle doit le satisfaire dans chacune de ses demandes, et par conséquent ...

Domain: Sociology; Category: General sociology

La société somalienne est une société fortement patrilinéale. En effet la femme en Somalie ne jouit d'aucun droit de propriété puisque seul l'homme de la famille en bénéficie, ce qui assure ainsi ...

Domain: Sociology; Category: General sociology

La Shari'a tend à systématiquement discriminer la femme en Somalie à travers une multitude de lois touchant tous les domaines de la société. Il est par exemple autorisé la lapidation publique d'une ...

Domain: Law; Category: General law

Excision féminine en Somalie concerne 98% des filles et femmes de ce pays, d'après les informations de la Banque Mondiale. Cette pratique, qui consiste en l'ablation partielle ou totale de l'appareil ...

Domain: Human rights; Category: Female genital mutilation

Female genital mutilation (FGM)concerns 98% of all girls or women in the country according to the World Bank. It is believed to be just or morally accepted to have a woman completely or partially ...

Domain: Human rights; Category: Female genital mutilation

The Shari'a Law is more often than not, heavily discriminatory toward women, allowing public stonings of women who have committed adultery for instance. What is more, if a woman is murdered, Sharia'a ...

Domain: Law; Category: General law

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