Somali youth brainstorm on tackling gender based violence
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Channel: africanews · 2016 · News & Politics
Youth in Mogadishu are reflecting on the need to work with the government to fight sexual and gender-based violence still a rampant phenomenon in Somalia. Youth participants discussed the issue during a symposium on Monday as they looked forward to get the government fully engaged in tackling gender base violence. "We need to go to the villages and carry out door to door campaigns because it is in the communities where child abuse is rife. Girls are subjected to female genital mutilation and … READ MORE : http://www.africanews.com/2016/12/28/somali-youth-brainstorm-on-tackling-gender-based-violence Africanews is a new pan-African media pioneering multilingual and independent news telling expertise in Sub-Saharan Africa. Subscribe on ourYoutube channel : https://www.youtube.com/c/africanews Africanews is available in English and French. Website : www.africanews.com Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/africanews.channel/ Twitter : https://twitter.com/africanews
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