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Nearly a third of Somalia’s parliamentary seats Nearly a third of Somalia’s parliamentary seats will be reserved for female lawmakers in an election next month, the prime minister said, a measure long demanded by women’s rights campaigners in the Horn of Africa nation.

While welcoming Saturday’s announcement by Prime Minister Mohamed Hussein Roble, some women’s groups cautioned that implementing the measure in time for the Feb. 8 poll would be challenging and depended on the commitment of clan leaders.

Somalia has been riven by civil war since 1991, and due to the fragile security situation, elections consist of clan delegates choosing members of parliament as opposed to a one-person, one-vote electoral system. Ensuring that clan leaders nominate enough women representatives will be vital to securing the full 30% quota, women’s activists said.

Somalia has high rates of child marriage and gender violence, including rape and female genital mutilation (FGM). The United Nations says 45% of women are married before 18, while 98% have undergone FGM. Women’s rights groups say a stronger voice at the top would have a trickle-down effect, helping women at the grassroots level fight abuse, discrimination and inequality.

Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation

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Twelve women drivers joined the Russian capital’ Twelve women drivers joined the Russian capital’s transport system on 1 January 2021, after controversial rules banning women from certain jobs were lifted last year.

Women were allowed to drive trains on the network from 1936, but Moscow’s metro stopped hiring women drivers in the early 1980s as the job was listed on the government’s register of jobs deemed too physically demanding or dangerous for women to undertake.

 
It was removed from this list last year after many of the physical aspects of the role became automated.

Source: BBC News

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The UK has one of the worst rates of food poverty The UK has one of the worst rates of food poverty in Europe, with food banks reporting that one in five mothers frequently goes hungry to feed her child.

We need a national food service to stop people going hungry; by working together we can make this happen, says Leila Hawkins @leilazahrahawkins .

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Athari Alkhaldi is the first woman to compete at S Athari Alkhaldi is the first woman to compete at Saudi Arabia’s annual King Abdulaziz Falconry Festival, the top falconry competition in the Middle East.

Falconry is an important part of the region’s heritage, and the festival gathers more than 4,000 falcons from the Gulf.

Alkhaldi first participated last year, but her bird refused to take flight, and she returned this year.

“Dealing with falcons is not easy. It was difficult… thank God, I managed to handle the falcon and enter the competition,” she said.

Alkhaldi said her passion for falcons first began 10 years ago and she has been developing her skills with the hunting birds ever since.

“Falconry is a well-known legacy since the old times, and we take pride in it… I proved that women can join this field, it’s not only restricted to men,” she said. 

Sources: Reuters, Al Arabiya

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