Discrimination and prejudice

in Somalia
An east African country, Somalia grapples with discrimination most based on
gender inequality where women are relegated to the position of housewives
while men dominate over them. The country also faces another type of
discrimination based on clans where certain clans occupy positions of
leadership to the disadvantage of the majority population.
 TYPES OF DISCRIMINATION
This picture highlights women’s struggle for equality. To work and have equal
rights.

Women always had the mindset in 1900 that man will

always be stronger and better but as time passed the
man thought they could do anything. The women got
mad and wanted equal rights.
The Impact of Discrimination
• As a result of discrimination, many women in Somalia have had to
leave school prematurely, or have not had education at all.
• Following this , illiteracy levels remain high in the country, where
many people are unemployable for lack of skills.
• Economic fortunes for majority of the nationals ,especially women
have nosedived.
• Sporadic violence and instability in the country also ha strong
connections to ignorance where people do not belief in legal systems
to fix wrongdoing.
Laws and regulations
• Somali follow the sharia law.
• They have courts that judge you by your actions.
• Somaliland constitution makes Islam the state religion
• Puntland and Somaliland are two different state but both follow the
Sharia law.
• The Sharia law is based of the Quran which is considered the word of
god and hadith.
Ways to combat discrimination
• The government has to scale up efforts at dealing decisively with
perpetuators of discrimination.
• More civic education is needed to emancipate people from regressive
policies and beliefs that have contribute to the ongoing discrimination
in the country.
• Laws should be passed to illegalize all forms of inequality and
discrimination in the country.
• The international community should do more to invest energies and
resources in the country’s criminal justice system to help deal with
inequality.
Examples of discrimination
• Children continue to bear the brunt of discrimination the country with
many of them being forced to leave their homes due to senseless
wars, murders and rape.
• Some children and women have been physically tortured because of
their personal beliefs and the exposure they could have gained
through education.
• Those in schools have also been attacked and left badly injured by
bandits and illegal firearms owners.
Concluding remarks
• From these findings , a lot needs to be done to stem discrimination
Somalia and collective action is needed from all stakeholders and
international community. The country will need to be supported to
overcome centuries long discrimination in the country.