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World Female Minister Foreign Affairs |
2003-
Edna Adan Ismail, Somaliland
A former World Health Organization representative in Djibouti, she
founded and is the Co-Patronn and Vice President of the Board of
Trustees of Somaliland's first Maternity Hospital. Somaliland is a
self-declared and de-facto independent republic.
[Source:
(www.guide2womenleaders.com/foreign_ministers.htm)
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| Amran A Mahmoud,
Founder of Somaliland Women Political Forum |
Somaliland’s Director General of the
Ministry of Family and Social Affairs, Amran Ali H Mahmoud Somaliland presents "Road Map to Democracy and the role
of Somaliland Women"
[Click
Here for More Information]
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Amran
Ali H Mahmoud, Somaliland's Director General of the Ministry
of Family and Social Affairs states that
"The process of rebuilding the country was the top priority for
Somaliland’s women. We have been working with our men side by side
and have been the emotional driving-force behind the peace
processes [Click
for Full report pdf] |
Women
can finally rule Africa through parliament
Story by CHEGE MBITIRU Publication Date: 03/22/2004 With hardly any
fanfare in nearly all towns in Africa, another continental White
Elephant came into being last week. Like most things African, there
was plenty of swaying and wiggling of human anatomy. There were
semblances of a breakthrough though.
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Conflict
resolution in Somaliland, Amina Mohamed Warsame
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Still
striving for equality
Women are gaining momentum but work is still needed
"I think more social areas would be better developed if women
were in more decision-making positions because theses are areas that
really touch women and their families and their children,"
suggests Edna Adan Ismail, the foreign minister of Somaliland in a BBC
interview" by Meg Burd [Click
here To Read]
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International Women Coverage:
Session
2
Roles
of Women: Norms and Culture
Moderator:
Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Associate Justice, U.S. Supreme Court
Commentator: Eva Cantarella, Professor of Roman Law,
University of Milan, Italy and Global Law Faculty, New York University
School
of Law
For full Report on Democracy
and the Rule of Law in a Changing World Order, An International
Symposium Event Date: March 7-10, 2000 [Click
Here]
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Qantara's Excellent Website on Women's Rights:
Religion Tolerance:
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Articles on Muslim Women's Liberation:
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