GECPD - Putting the lives of Women & Girls in their own hands
Galkayo Education Centre for Peace and Development (GECPD) today launched the ‘16 Days Activism Campaign Against Gender-Based Violence, aimed at preventing and eliminating violence against women and girls in Somalia. Under this year’s Global...
From 25 November, the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, to 10 December, Human Rights Day, the 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence Campaign is a time to galvanize action to...
Are you in Galkayo, Puntland or somewhere else in Somalia? Do you operate a metal garage, wood workshop, garment production factory or simply have an office that would require a secretary? If you answer...
Over half a million women and girls in America are affected by female genital mutilation (FGM), and thankfully, people here are finally starting to talk about it and take action — the first-ever U.S. trial against doctors...
Somalia is characterized by political instability, insecurity, and seasonal shocks. These uncertainties have affected and still affect livelihoods besides costing lives. Unemployment is widespread with 70% of youths remaining unemployed. 18-year-old Abdikhadar Mohamed Omar...
In the middle of the dry desert flora of reserve area near the Somali/Ethiopia border, hundreds of pastoral families are battling to survive the current drought. They have lost their livestock; the lifeline for...
Drought displaced families in Galdogob district 7th May 2017eceived reprieve after the partnership of GECPD and UNHCR provided unconditional cash transfers to 300 families
GALKAYO – Police in central Somalia have arrested five young men for committing rape against a 15-year-old girl in Galkayo, Police officer Mohamed Nur Ali Gadar said. The five men are currently held in...
Over 1.7 million people have been reached with food security response activities in Somalia as part of the ongoing effort to avert a famine in the country and the drought
Mogadishu, 24 April 2017 – Somali women parliamentarians attended the opening of the first annual consultative conference since the conclusion of the 2016 electoral