Somaliland women take on NEW ROLES

AMAT-ALLAH · Post by **AMAT-ALLAH** » Tue Jan 31, 2006 10:14 am

The old Somali adage, "A mother's purpose is to be a cook, laundrywoman, nurturer and wife to her husband," describes to some degree the traditional role of the women in Somaliland.

That role was radically altered by the Somali civil war of the late 1980s and early 1990s. Traditionally, Somali men were the providers of their families' basic needs. However, when the civil war erupted, thousands of them were killed, maimed or exiled.

"More than 20,000 men lost their lives during the civil war, leaving widows and orphans behind," Hussein Ahmed, of Somaliland's War Crimes Investigation Commission, told IRIN in Hargeysa, the capital of the self-declared Republic of Somaliland.

"Over 300,000 people were displaced externally and internally due to the war, many of them men who have permanently settled elsewhere and married other wives," Hussein added.

Of the dead, up to 3,500 people in Somaliland were killed by landmines alone, according to the medical charity MÃƒÂ©decins Sans FrontiÃƒÂ¨res. Another estimated 1,500 had their limbs amputated, rendering the men among them unable to work to support their families.

In the aftermath of the war, the task of caring for the thousands of families in Somaliland fell to the women, who had to take on the dual role of father and mother in their homes.

According to a 2004 World Bank survey, women were the breadwinners in 70 percent of Somaliland households.

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LionHeart-112 · Post by **LionHeart-112** » Tue Jan 31, 2006 10:16 am

But how does this affect me?

AMAT-ALLAH · Post by **AMAT-ALLAH** » Tue Jan 31, 2006 10:19 am

LionHeart-112 · Post by **LionHeart-112** » Tue Jan 31, 2006 10:20 am

Dhaga Bacayl · Post by **Dhaga Bacayl** » Tue Jan 31, 2006 10:20 am

Lion,

It doesn't affect because you're not form Somaliland Smile

AMAT-ALLAH · Post by **AMAT-ALLAH** » Tue Jan 31, 2006 10:21 am

^

good one

LionHeart-112 · Post by **LionHeart-112** » Tue Jan 31, 2006 10:22 am

oh here we go again with this shit..

I keep telling you i'm a southern qaldaan.. Laughing

U people are really gonna make me renounce my Isaaqness.

qudhac-m · Post by **qudhac-m** » Tue Jan 31, 2006 10:27 am

LION

The Sooner the Better

Suldaan qudhac maygaag

gurey25 · Post by **gurey25** » Tue Jan 31, 2006 10:28 am

Yes go back to xamar and lafoole
either youre with us or agaisnt us

ala bush style

Laughing

LionHeart-112 · Post by **LionHeart-112** » Tue Jan 31, 2006 10:29 am

^^habar awal faqash yahoow naga aamu.

I can't stop being Isaaq even if i renounced it. Very Happy

GoodNews · Post by **GoodNews** » Tue Jan 31, 2006 10:51 am

I gotta bit of Isaaq in me but I jst can't like Isaaqs. I don't why but I dislike them.

AMAT-ALLAH · Post by **AMAT-ALLAH** » Tue Jan 31, 2006 11:32 am

^^Get a grip were not after your guts Laughing

maria from west side · Tue Jan 31, 2006 12:02 pm

[quote="GoodNews"]I gotta bit of Isaaq in me but I jst can't like Isaaqs. I don't why but I dislike them.[/quote]

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Playing hard to get huuh!... Rolling Eyes

LionHeart-112 · Post by **LionHeart-112** » Tue Jan 31, 2006 1:51 pm

Goodnews...were the product of an Isaaq rape? Laughing

What do u mean by a little bit? Did an isaaq jack off on you, leaving in your mouth " a little bit" of his semen?

fagash_killer · Post by **fagash_killer** » Tue Jan 31, 2006 1:53 pm