STORY: First conference for Somali women

legislators opens in Mogadishu

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DATELINE: 24 APRIL 2017, MOGADISHU, SOMALIA

SHOT LIST

1. Wide shot, Speaker of the House of the People Mohamed Sheikh

Osman Jawari addressing the first annual conference for Somali
women parliamentarians to discuss their role in legislative assemblies
2. Med shot, Somali women parliamentarians listening
3. Close up shot, Somali women parliamentarians listening
4. Close up shot, a Somali woman parliamentarian listening
5. Med shot, banner
6. Wide shot, Speaker Mohamed Sheikh Osman Jawari addressing the
women parliamentarians
7. Close up shot, Somali women parliamentarians listening
8. Close up shot, Speaker Mohamed Sheikh Osman Jawari
9. Med shot, a parliamentarian taking notes
10. Close up shot, note book
11. SOUNDBITE: (Somali) Mohamed Sheikh Osman Jawari, Speaker
of the House of the People
I believe the quality of women leadership whether in parliament, the
executive or civil society, depends on their training to promote their leadership
qualities and address womens issues and specific leadership qualities.

12. Wide shot, Minister of Women and Human Rights Deeqa Yasin Yusuf
talking to the participants at the conference
13. Close up shot, parliamentarians listening
14. Med shot, parliamentarians listening
15. Med shot, Ms. Deeqa Yasin Yusuf speaking at the conference
16. Close up shot, parliamentarians listening
17. SOUNDBITE: (Somali) Deeqa Yasin Yusuf, Minister of Women and
Human Rights
I know that if we become united -- the women MPs in regional states and the
Federal Parliament, the ministers and members of civil society working on
womens issues -- our voice will be heard and we can attain our goals.
 18. Close up shot, Hon. Betty Amongi, Ugandan Member of Parliament
addressing the parliamentarians
19. Med shot, parliamentarians listening
20. Wide shot, parliamentarians listening
21. Close up shot, Nahid Hussein, Chief Technical Advisor on
Parliamentary Issues at United Nations Development Programme
(UNDP) in Somalia listening at the conference
22. Close up shot, a parliamentarian listening
23. Close up shot, note book
24. Med shot, Hon. Betty Amongi speaking at the conference
25. Wide shot, Hon. Betty Amongi speaking at the conference
26. SOUNDBITE: (English) Hon. Betty Amongi, Ugandan Member of
Parliament
That chair is for women. Youre supposed to sleep and walk and think of what
are you going to do for the women of Somalia. Dont think that I should
behave well so that next time my tribe picks me. No, you should dream and
work to think of what are you doing to shape the life of the women of
Somalia.

27. Med shot, parliamentarians attending the conference

28. Close up shot, Kimberly Smiddy, Parliamentary Specialist with UNDP
Somalia at the conference
29. Wide shot, parliamentarians at the conference
30. SOUNDBITE: (English) Kimberly Smiddy, Parliamentary Specialist
with UNDP Somalia
We wanted to bring all these women together so that when they are in their
constituencies, when they are out there working, they know theyre not alone.
That they have fellow women all over the country doing similar work and
through networking, they can feel empowered.

31. SOUNDBITE: (Somali) Bibi Khalif Mohamed, Chairperson of

Somalia Womens Parliamentary Caucus
Our agenda is to develop the Somali womens issues for which we are
responsible and show that our countrys good governance and democracy are
maturing.

32. SOUNDBITE: (Somali) Maryan Moalimu Isaak, MP from South

West State
I hope this conference will come up with ideas. We have been introduced to
one another to start campaigning for womens rights, how the womens
agenda will be developed in the two Houses and in the regional states and
also enable civil society, regions and districts to look for womens rights at all
levels.

33. Wide shot, the UNDP Country Director, George Conway, attending the
conference
34. Med shot, Speaker Mohamed Sheikh Osman Jawari, Deeqa Yasin
Yusuf, Minister for Women and Human rights and Hon. Betty Amongi,
Ugandan MP listening
35. SOUNDBITE: (English) George Conway, UNDP Country Director
At the state level, there has been increased representation in the state
assemblies in, in Galmudug, in Jubbaland, in HirShabelle and in South West
in particular, with South West now having 21 percent representation in
parliament. This is tremendous progress from the situation previously.

36. Med shot, parliamentarians attending the conference

First conference for Somali women legislators opens in Mogadishu

Mogadishu, 24 April 2017 - Somali women parliamentarians attended the

opening of the first annual consultative conference since the conclusion of the
2016 electoral process to discuss their roles in legislative assemblies.

The conference was opened by the Speaker of the House of the People,
Mohamed Sheikh Osman Jawari, and participants have been drawn from the
federal parliament and regional assemblies, the executive branch of the
federal government and civil society.

The Speaker told the two-day conference that there was a need to strengthen
the agenda of women members of parliament (MPs) to address the
challenges they face.

I believe the quality of women leadership whether in parliament, the

executive or civil society, depends on their training to promote their leadership
qualities and address womens issues, Mr. Jawari added.

The federal Minister for Women and Human Rights, Hon. Deeqa Yasin Yusuf,
called on women members of regional and federal parliaments to forge unity
in order to achieve their goals.

I know if we become united -- the women MPs in regional states and federal
parliament, the ministers and members of the civil society working on women
issues -- our voice will be heard, and we can attain our goals, the Minister
added.

Hon. Betty Amongi, a Ugandan MP who is also a parliamentary gender

expert, reminded participants that some had benefitted from the 30 percent
parliamentary gender quota that was adopted for the 2016 electoral process.

Youre supposed to sleep and walk and think of what are you going to do for
the women of Somalia. Dont think that I should behave well so that next time
my tribe picks me. You should dream and work to think of what are you doing
to shape the life of the women of Somalia, said Ms. Amongi.

An MP from South West State, Hon. Maryan Moalimu Isaak, said the
conference would galvanize women in all sectors to develop an agenda for
Somalia. The chairperson of the Somalia Women Parliamentary Caucus,
Hon.Bibi Khalif Mohamed, welcomed the conference as an indication that the
countrys democracy is maturing.

In his opening remarks, the UNDP Country Director for Somalia, George
Conway, lauded the progress made in last years electoral process, noting
that there has been an increase in gender representation in state assemblies
in South West, Galmudug, Jubbaland, HirShabelle and Puntland.

The conference is taking place three months after the conclusion of the
electoral process that increased the number of women federal MPs from 14
percent in the 2012-2016 parliament to 24 per cent in the current parliament.