Somaliland

Eastern Somaliland Gender & Protection Briefing Note

2020 was one of the hardest years for Somalia in decades and the crisis impacts women, girls, men and boys differently. COVID-19, conflict and recurring locust invasions, flooding and poor and erratic rainfall distribution, heavily impacted on the economy and livelihoods of people resulting in...

Gender Gap Assessment

Women in Somalia have nearly half the opportunities afforded to men - a gender gap index of 0.56. Women are disadvantaged in all of the four assessed domains, ranging from fewer economic opportunities to non-representation in political decision-making processes to lower educational attainments...

Representatives from different sectors (government authorities, merchants, pastoralists, and displaced people) at the vulnerability and risk analysis workshop discussing the challenges they face and how to collaborate and coordinate during crises. Photo by Pablo Tosco/Oxfam.

Somalia’s humanitarian localisation agenda: opportunities and barriers

By Abdiaziz Adani and Martin Namasaka The overall progress of localisation commitments within the Grand Bargain that commits donors and aid organisations to provide 25% of global humanitarian funding to local and national responders by 2020 has often been uneven and difficult to assess...

Call centre agents handling calls from the community, centre located in Hargiesa, Somaliland. Photo by Abdiaziz Adani/Oxfam

Locally led COVID-19 call centre connects patients and doctors in Somaliland

Somaliland confirmed the first case of coronavirus in April 2020. While the country has taken certain precautions to curb the spread of the virus by closing schools and banning flights, the number is increasing each day, community acceptance is very low, and people are still following their normal...

Oxfam raises alarm over Somali remittance lifeline

Photo:Sahra is responsible for the management of the water distribution point of the Eilmidgan village where Oxfam has set up a water desalination plant. Photo by Pablo Tosco/Oxfam. Oxfam is joining over 100 NGOs, activists and academics to raise the alarm and call for action in a joint brief as...

Somalia debt relief crucial to COVID-19 response

Today, we celebrate Somalia for reaching the HIPC (Heavily Indebted Poor Countries) Decision Point for debt relief that will enable the country to access new financial resources to invest in healthcare and other basic services, even more, urgent now in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic. The...

Women walk carrying a water jerry can in the Eilmidgan Village, eastern Somaliland. Pablo Tosco/Oxfam

Lives on the edge as drought bites in Somalia

Failing and intermittent rains are wreaking havoc in Somalia and Somaliland, but we are increasingly asking, is anyone listening? 2.2 million people are facing extreme hunger and 5.4 million need humanitarian assistance as of May’s end. It’s a staggering 15% increase from 4.6 million in December...

Fadumo in her shop in Hargeisa. AbdiAziz Adani/Oxfam

Striving for access to justice in Somaliland

By AbdiAziz Adani "It was the first time I submitted a case to the court. I didn't know where to start and what to do. It was very frustrating," said Fadumo a mother of four living in Hargeisa, who recently had to seek legal redress in one of Somaliland’s courts. "I wasn't able to hire a lawyer...

Women at a water point in eastern Somaliland. Pablo Tosco/Oxfam

Oxfam in Somalia and Somaliland Quarterly newsletter

Oxfam and partners delivered significant achievements during the first quarter of 2019, amidst a backdrop of a deteriorating humanitarian situation in Somalia and Somaliland, as drought intensifies. What we are most proud of achieving this quarter includes the launch of Somaliland's first ever...

Aafi working on his computer. Dustin Barter/Oxfam

Getting Somaliland's youth back to work through skills training

By AbdiAziz Adani “It’s very frustrating for me and other youth to be unemployed. Everyone expects us to grow up and provide for our family. If youth can’t get a job and can’t provide for the family, we are not respected and not seen as adults” explains Aafi Abdirahman, a young graduate from...

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