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Siyad

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2021-11-17
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2021-11-17
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  1. “On behalf my fellow Somali women and on my own behalf, I would like to extend to the Security Council, the representative of the Federal Government of Somalia, Special Representative of the Secretary- General James Swan and Special Representative of the Chairperson of the African Union Commission for Somalia Francisco Madeira our sincere thanks and appreciation for this opportunity and for their continued support to Somalia and Somali women.”

    2021-11-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8907 (2021) · source

  2. “Resources must be provided to enhance the protection of women and promote their leadership role, and newly elected women Members of Parliament and Senators must be supported so that they can be effective in their legislative role. The international community, including the United Nations and particularly the United Nations Assistance Mission in Somalia, must extend its full support and cooperation to the new Government in its efforts to implement this long-overdue agenda of national interests. The international community must ensure that its support is dependent on the Government adopting a gender-inclusive approach, with women at the centre. In conclusion, in post-2021 elections Somalia, we demand concrete measures and full accountability for the implementation of the women and peace and security agenda.”

    2021-11-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8907 (2021) · source

  3. “Only in that way can we put an end to women’s misery and struggle to participate in elections. Thirdly, the protection and the political participation of women are interlinked. The new Government must prioritize the protection of women in order to promote their participation in politics and public life. The endorsement and implementation of the sexual offences bill must therefore be completed as a matter of priority. Finally, the new Government and the new Parliament must work hand in hand to amend Federal electoral law and laws concerning political parties and must enact clear and explicit provisions in order to ensure that women can participate fully. In addition, constitutional review must provide clear provisions on women’s participation in politics and public office.”

    2021-11-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8907 (2021) · source

  4. “The Federal Constitution must guarantee a minimum of 30 per cent representation of women in the Federal Parliament, the Cabinet and civil service. The political participation of women and many others, including youth and marginalized communities, must not be dependent on the will of a certain privileged group or clan elders. Participation is our right and it must be safeguarded in the Constitution. Constitutional review is the only way to safeguard women’s rights to equal participation in, and contribution to, the country’s peace, politics and governance. Secondly, the new Government must prioritize the one-person-one-vote principle in 2025, and all necessary measures must be put in place from the outset in order to guarantee that no political crisis can overturn that principle in 2025.”

    2021-11-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8907 (2021) · source

  5. “Not only do indirect elections disenfranchise most of the entire adult population of Somalia — be they women, men, youth, minorities or people with disabilities — but they also disempower an entire nation, embolden political elites and help perpetuate exclusionary political practices. An inclusive Somali governance must reflect the diversity of Somalia, and women must have a say in setting national priorities and in determining public policies and public expenditures. The current political structure and electoral process do not allow that to occur, and that must change. The new Government and the new Parliament must take that into account as they set their priorities. In particular, they must focus on several tasks. First, the constitutional review must be completed.”

    2021-11-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8907 (2021) · source

  6. “The NCC and the federal and state elections implementation committees must identify and reserve 30 per cent of seats in the House of the People for women and ensure that only women are candidates for the reserved seats. We have done the clan mapping, which makes the identification of seats for women much easier, and we are on standby to provide any amount of support to the NCC and the elections committees in their efforts to deliver on the 30 per cent quota requirement. As we all have started contemplating a post-2021- elections Somalia, we all must be resolute in rescuing the country from this trap of indirect elections. If we truly believe in inclusive politics and a Somali federation with people at its centre, then we must work towards implementing one-person, one-vote elections in 2025-2026.”

    2021-11-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8907 (2021) · source

  7. “Further delay in the elections is likely to negatively affect women’s quota, as the attention of all concerned, including the international community, will be focused on the urgent completion of the elections, regardless of its outcome. Beyond the political agreements, it has become abundantly clear in our engagement with women leaders and advocates and other stakeholders, including political leaders, clan elders in the federal members states, and in Mogadishu, that the achievement of the 30 per cent quota is in the hands of the National Consultative Council and the federal and state elections implementation committees. That is particularly so since the release of the 22 August 2021 communiqué.”

    2021-11-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8907 (2021) · source

  8. “The unfortunate truth is that within the present indirect electoral model, the views and voices of the masses, including women, do not matter in electing our representatives. According to the 22 August 2021 NCC communiqué, the Presidents of the federal member states and the state elections implementation teams are primarily responsible for identifying seats for women. We demand that they fulfil their responsibility and commitment to the nation and particularly to women. We are deeply concerned at the delays and the lack of concrete measures and schedules for the completion of the House of the People elections.”

    2021-11-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8907 (2021) · source

  9. “Since the announcement of the appointment of the Goodwill Ambassadors in July this year, we have been advocating concrete measures to deliver the 30 per cent quota. We have also offered suggestions as to what the National Consultative Council (NCC) could consider to be minimum measures to secure the 30 per cent quota. However, there has been no decision by the NCC, and the consequences of that were visible in the outcome of the Upper House elections. We are now headed for the Somali House of the People elections. We, as women leaders and Goodwill Ambassadors, have been asking ourselves what we could have done differently or that we did not try to do during the Upper House elections that could help to achieve the 30 per cent quota in this election.”

    2021-11-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8907 (2021) · source

  10. “The experience of the 2016 election taught us that achieving a minimum of 30 per cent representation of women through the electoral process and its outcome in the context of a clan-based 4.5-formula elections model is not only challenging but it is also detrimental to women’s struggle for equality and justice. In the absence of a concrete mechanism to implement the 30 per cent quota, in the ongoing indirect elections in 2021, we are witnessing a repeat of the 2016 process. The outcome of the Upper House elections, which delivered only 26 per cent representation of women, confirms our fear and doubts about the potential of indirect elections to support a 30 per cent quota for women.”

    2021-11-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8907 (2021) · source

  11. “I am deeply honoured and privileged to be speaking on behalf of Somali women at this august body. Women in Somalia have been an integral part of Somalia’s recovery and stability efforts, playing an important role to keep the family united and, in effect, the country together. However, Somalia’s political history continues to be exclusionary, keeping women out of leadership and decision-making roles. The clan-based political system relegates the role and participation of women in politics and in public spheres to a limited and insignificant level. The 2016 federal election resulted in 24 per cent of women being elected to the tenth parliament.”

    2021-11-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8907 (2021) · source

  12. “Ms. Siyad: I thank you, Mr. President, for your invitation to provide an update on women’s political participation, electoral development in Somalia and what is needed, from a civil society perspective, after the 2021 election. My name is Asha Abdulle Siyad, I am an advocate for women’s rights and empowerment, peace and political participation. Today I speak in my capacity as the Executive Director of the Somali Women’s Leadership Initiative as well as a member of the Goodwill Ambassadors, the advocacy committee promoting the 30 per cent quota, appointed by the Prime Minister of the Federal Government of Somalia. Allow me to convey to the Security Council the warmest greetings of Somali women peace and political activists as well as the entire team of the Goodwill Ambassadors.”

    2021-11-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8907 (2021) · source