Somalia
Content featuring Somalia
Girls’ education and child marriage
Brief exploring the key facts, two-way impacts, common drivers and solutions on education and child marriage. Updated in September 2022.
Adolescent-led marriage in Somaliland and Puntland: a surprising interaction of agency and social norms
This paper the role of technology, social norms and poverty in driving adolescent-led marriage in Somaliland and Puntland.
Understanding the unique experiences, perspectives and sexual and reproductive health needs of very young adolescents: Somali refugees in Ethiopia
This study looks into the health and education of refugee girls in Somali communities in Ethiopia and identified child marriage as a key risks that they face.
Interagency gender-based violence case management guidelines in humanitarian settings
These guidelines aim to provide standards for good practice to ensure gender-based violence survivors receive quality care in humanitarian settings.
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