http://blogs.independent.co.uk| Blogs from the Independent newspaper - news, views and features from the world's most free-thinking newspaper| Thu, 23 May 2013 14:19:53 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2| en hourly 1 http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2013/03/08/international-womens-day-profile-of-a-somali-peacemaker-zahra-ugaas-farah/ http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2013/03/08/international-womens-day-profile-of-a-somali-peacemaker-zahra-ugaas-farah/#comments Fri, 08 Mar 2013 13:39:42 +0000 Salma Zulfiqar http://blogs.independent.co.uk/?p=33142 Zahra Ugaas Farah says her mission in life is to champion women’s rights in Somalia to promote peace. When war broke out in the early 1990s, Zahra says she could not watch the unfolding chaos and bloodshed without taking action.]]> http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2013/03/08/international-womens-day-profile-of-a-somali-peacemaker-zahra-ugaas-farah/feed/ 5 http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/10/25/somalia-is-revamping-its-police-force-and-cracking-down-on-crime/ http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/10/25/somalia-is-revamping-its-police-force-and-cracking-down-on-crime/#comments Thu, 25 Oct 2012 15:13:10 +0000 Salma Zulfiqar http://blogs.independent.co.uk/?p=29426 In 1979, newly recruited policewoman, Asha Hassan Hussein, was the first female to ride a police motorcycle to patrol the streets of Mogadishu. Three decades later in a nation devastated by conflict, now a Captain, Asha specialises in tackling violence against women as head of the Somali Police Force’s (SPF) Gender Based Violence Department.]]> http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/10/25/somalia-is-revamping-its-police-force-and-cracking-down-on-crime/feed/ 1 http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/09/21/shaping-somalias-political-landscape-and-womens-rights/ http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/09/21/shaping-somalias-political-landscape-and-womens-rights/#comments Fri, 21 Sep 2012 14:03:04 +0000 Salma Zulfiqar http://blogs.independent.co.uk/?p=28581 At the age of 15 Halima Ismail Ibrahim was already advocating for women's rights at her high school in Afgoye, 30 km from Mogadishu. With or without a functioning state, as a passionate and committed human rights activist and recently appointed the Co-Chair of the Technical Selection Committee (TSC), Halima has been working for the poor, human rights and with youth for decades.]]> http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/09/21/shaping-somalias-political-landscape-and-womens-rights/feed/ 5