Typically when we think of global development we focus on everything that is wrong because the challenges are so great. Rarely are the successes … [Read more...]
Nov 13, 2012
A Return to Normalcy: Mogadishu’s Lido Beach Lively Again
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A scene from Lido Beach in Mogadishu, Somalia, with a boy (on right) holding up a shirt to dry in the wind. The beach has become a popular hangout … [Read more...]
Nov 8, 2012
Former Somali Child Soldiers Turned Over to UNICEF
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There are over 300,000 children who are engaged in warfare and combat around the world according to UNICEF. This is despite 2002's Optional Protocol … [Read more...]
Nov 5, 2012
Somalia’s Concerted Move Toward Gender Equality
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One of the big international stories of the year is Somalia's new government. The United Nations helped usher through the "Roadmap for the End of … [Read more...]
Aug 20, 2012
Female Genital Mutilation Banned Under New Somalian Constitution
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Somalia has a new government and with it a new provision in its constitution in Title 2: Article 15: Liberty and Security of the Person that bans … [Read more...]
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