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Current Feed ContentSOMALIA: "One message" on FGM/C in SomalilandHawa* is determined her young daughter will not undergo female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C), which is widespread in Somalia's self-declared republic of Somaliland. An estimated 90 percent of girls still undergo the procedure. "I have suffered kidney problems, infections and miscarriages," said Hawa. "I dread the days when my period is close because of the pain I go through; it gets to the point where the pain makes it impossible to do anything. I don’t want my daughter subjected to this...SOMALIA: No longer able to live on 100 dollars a monthUntil a few months ago, Safia Jibril was able to feed, clothe and educate her nine children thanks to the US$100 that her husband's brother in the diaspora sent every month. "Six months [ago] it was enough to provide my family's livelihood but today the price of one sack of rice has doubled," she said. "Now if I buy one sack of rice and one of sugar, then I will not have flour, oil or anything to pay my children's school fees," she told IRIN in Gabiley village in the western suburbs of...SOMALIA: No longer able to live on 100 dollars a monthUntila few months ago, Safia Jibril was able to feed, clothe and educate hernine children thanks to the US$100 that her husband's brother in thediaspora sent every month. "Six months [ago] it was enough toprovide my family's livelihood but today the price of one sack of ricehas doubled," she said. "Now if I buy one sack of rice and oneof sugar, then I will not have flour, oil or anything to pay mychildren's school fees," she told IRIN in Gabiley village in thewestern suburbs of Hargeisa,... |
