Meeting with MWHRD

Met with MWHRD

SWDC management team led by legal advisor Mrs. Zahra Mohamed met Minister for Women and Human Rights Ms. Deqo Yassin together with Executive Director Mr. Abdikani and had lengthy discussion regarding pending bills such as Sexual offense bill, Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) and as well effective implementation of child rights convention.

Both parties agreed to show collective effort for joint advocacy.

SWDC

Somali Women Development Centre is a non-governmental and non-profit organization established in 2000. SWDC believes that women can become empowered through the support of our community, and that they can make positive changes in not only in their own lives but also for the betterment of their communities. SWDC is working hard towards improving the condition of women and other vulnerable groups.

Somali Women’s Development Centre strives to lessen the number of women subjected to violence by empowering them through access to knowledge and greater social and economic independence.

It strengthens women socially by improving their standard of living and thereby fortifying the family. SWDC programs focus on women at the grassroots level, in areas of intervention, prevention and advocacy together with networking of women’s groups for community development and peace.