HARGEISA (Baraarug) – Women in Somaliland make up between 55% and 60% of the population, yet they do not have political parties of their own.
This episode of Baraarug highlights the challenges facing women and youth who seek to participate in politics, in a context where no parties genuinely represent them or where they rarely hold senior positions.
Seynab Mohamed Abdi explains how these barriers can be overcome and what political future women and young people could have in Somaliland.
She expresses hope that within the next ten years, as Somaliland opens up new party registrations, women will be able to establish their own party and contest in future elections.