
Khadra Hussein Mohammad, 28, made history by becoming Somaliland’s first female National Deputy Prosecutor, dealing with a range of cases including theft, gang-related violence, and even terrorism. There are now 75 women working in the legal sector in Somaliland, compared to only five women in 2008. Recently, 32 women have been hired into the public sector as a direct result of a legal internship programmes. They are now serving in the Judiciary, in the civil service, at the Attorney General’s Office and at the Law Reform Commission.Moreover, in 2013, the number of professionals with formal legal education has increased to 338 lawyers, including 89 women, who graduated from Somaliland’s Hargeisa University Law Faculty.