UNDP is supporting government and UN partners to respond and bring relief to communities affected by drought, flooding and other climatic shocks across Somalia, though targeted projects that build resilience and protects livelihoods.
The event aimed to increase knowledge and coordination between parliament and government ministries on the 2030 agenda.
The twenty students, who began the programme in 2014 and completed their studies in October 2018, graduated in a ceremony alongside over 180 fellow graduates at the beginning of April.
The “District and Regions Self-Administration Law” is one of the main legal frameworks that will set out how local government can deliver decentralised services to communities at a local level.
The joint Government and UN project, called Midnimo II, will work to support livelihoods and access to housing for displaced communities in Hirshabelle.
Women from across Somalia attended the Convention to give their inputs to the Charter, which called for fifty percent representation for women across all levels of government, for prevention of violence against women and girls, and socio ecomomic rights.
The five projects launched under the Fund will address displacement, stabilisation, reconciliation, state-building and land disputes, as well as promoting gender sensitivity and focusing on women as peace builders.
On #IWD2018, echoing the UNDP Administrator, Our Country Director George Conway says the Time Is Now for Somalia on gender equality
The promotion of gender equality and the empowerment of women is central to the mandate of UNDP Somalia and intrinsic to our development approach. This includes advocating for women’s and girls’ equal rights, combatting discriminatory practices and challenging the roles and stereotypes that lead to inequalities and exclusion. We have made good progress towards gender equality and women’s empowerment in Somalia, but there is still so much more to do
The Government of Somalia is making a plan for recovery and resilience to crisis
The Government is developing a long term plan to break the cycle of drought and flooding in Somalia. In 2017 it carried out an assessment, with the support of the UN, the World Bank and the EU, to analyse the impact of drought and other shocks on Somali livelihoods and communities. The findings of the assessment have informed the development of a Recovery and Resilience Framework (RRF), situated within the Government’s National Development Plan (NDP), that recommends long-term recovery and resilience solutions that address root causes of drought and flooding, to be delivered in parallel with humanitarian relief across the country.
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About Somalia
12.3 million
Population
60%
Of the population under the age of 25
25%
Of parliamentary seats are held by women
73%
Of the population use mobile money
