Dr Maryam Qasim, Newly appointed Minister
Leader of Tayo Party, Former TFG Minister, and Medical Doctor by profession
Fowsiyo Yusuf Xaji Adan, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs
Founder of Hargeisa University, Co-Founder of Raad TV, Former Official at Foreign Affair Ministry Somalia.
Halima Ahmed, MP
Ahmed earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in International Relations from the Geneva School of Diplomacy in Geneva, Switzerland.[1]
After graduation, she joined the Youth Rehabilitation Center in Mogadishu, Somalia's capital. Her duties there included taking care of insurgents that had defected to join the Somali government's war effort.[1] Ahmed later became a prospective candidate in the new Federal Parliament of Somalia, inaugurated in August 2012.
Halima Ahmed at the 2012 World Economic Forum:
Asha Haji Elmi, MP
Peace activism
In the 2000s, Elmi formed the Sixth Clan women's movement to advance female participation in Somalian politics. She was later selected to the Transitional Federal Parliament (TFP) on August 29, 2004, and served until 2009.
Elmi is also the founder of Save Somali Women and Children (SSWC), created in 1992 during the height of the Somali Civil War.
Additionally, Asha has been acknowledged internationally for her activism against female circumcision (FGC) in Somalia and in other areas. She frequently travels to college campuses and universities around the world giving speeches about local political conditions and the effects of FGC.
Federal Parliament
In August 2012, Elmi was selected as a legislator in the Federal Parliament of Somalia.
Awards
Elmi has received numerous awards for her peace work. In 2008, she was one of several recipients of the Right Livelihood Award, known as the alternative Nobel Prize. In September 2009, she was also among five nominees that were presented the Clinton Global Citizen Award.
