Nagaad Held A Women’s Conference in Hargeisa to Discuss How To Support Female Candidates

Nagaad held a women’s conference in Hargeisa to discuss how to support female candidates. After the conference, the participants released the following statement:-

31/10/2020

Press Release

As you all know, NAGAAD Network has been working for a long time on the quota issue in order to make sure that women are involved in the country’s decision making. NAGAAD has relentlessly worked on reinforcing a women’s quota bill to ensure that women have legitimate leadership and influence across all Somaliland institutions.

Unfortunately, however, the lower and upper houses have rejected the bill on establishing electoral quotas for women in local and parliamentary elections. As a result of this, NAGAAD held a women’s conference to discuss the challenges female candidates face and to collectively find solutions to those barriers. Some of the conference participants were candidates from the three political parties, journalists, lawyers, human rights advocates, and business women that came across all six regions.

The participants agreed on the following points:

1. To fully support female candidates during the campaign and on election day
2. To encourage women to run for local and parliament elections and compete with their male counterparts
3. To encourage clan chiefs to equally support female and male candidates
4. To make sure that the three political parties fulfill/adhere to their commitment on September 3rd, 2020 to nominate 18 women
5. To coordinate all programs, activities, donor funds, and campaigns promoting women’s participation in politics both locally and nationally

Sincerely,

Ismahan Abdisalam Hassan

Chairperson, NAGAAD Network

31/10/2020

WAR-SAXAAFADEED

Dalada Haweenka ee NAGAAD-NETWORK sida aad la  socotaan waxa ay in badan  ka shaqaysaa sidii ay Haweenka Somaliland uga mid noqon lahaayeen talada wadanka waxay mudo badan ka soo shaqaynaysay sidii ay haweenku u heli lahaayeen kooto nasiib darose waxa laalay kootadii haweenka  labada gole qaran .

Sidaa darteed waxay Dalada Nagaad iyo haween waynuhu si wada jira u qabateen  shir waynaha aayo tashiga haweenka Somaliland kaas oo ay ka soo qayb galeen hablaha hanka siyaasadeed leh  oo kakala socda sedexda xisbi qaran,haweenka ganacsatada ah,hablaha suuxufiyiinta ah,hablaha garyaqaanada a ah iyo guud ahaanba haween waynaha,danwadaagaha, Somaliland oo kakala socda guudahaanba gobolada dalka

Hadaba Haweenka Somaliland waxay isla qateen qodobadan hoos ku qoran

1. In taageero buuxda la siiyo hablaha sharaxan
2. In habluhu isa soo sharaxaan kuna dhiiradaan inay la tartamaan raga sharaxan
3. In cuqaasha Somaliland u dhugyeeshaan una xaqsooraan innamada iyo hablaha sharaxan
4. In xisbiyada qaranku somaliland ka dhabeeyaan balanqaadyadii ay sameeyeen ee ahaa in ay 18 dumar ka soo sharaxaan 3^rd September, 2020.
5. In la mideeyo hawlaha lagu dhiirgalinayo ka qabgalka siyaasada ee haweenka ee ay wadaan dhamaanba daneeyayaasha doorashooyinka Somaliland.

Allaa Mahad leh

Ismahaan C/salaan Xasan

Guddoomiyaha Dalada Haweenka ee NAGAAD-NETWORK