Mogadishu, Somalia: The Somali Disability Empowerment Network (SODEN) has recently received distributed wheelchairs and crutches to more than thirty disabled people free of charge. These devices were donated by Fadumo Q. Dayib, the very first female candidate for the 2016 Somali presidency. Problems with mobility are extensive and serious in Somalia, stemming from the deep and pervasive inaccessibility of […]
Somali disability advocate receives national award
Somali disability advocate Mohamed Ali Farah received a national award from the Ministry of Public Works and Reconstruction for his efforts in campaigning for the rights of people with disabilities. The president of the Somali Disability Empowerment Network (SODEN) and Global Disability Watch correspondent was rewarded for his contributions to the sector. The ceremony organized by the Council […]
Somalia’s first female presidential candidate
Fadumo Qasim Dayib, Somalia’s first female presidential candidate recently paid a surprise visit to the Somali Disability Empowerment Network (SODEN) in Mogadishu, an organization advocating for the rights of persons with disabilities. Mrs. Dayib, aspiring to become Somalia’s first female president, escaped the country’s civil war in the 1990s as a refugee, relocating in Finland […]