SOMALI UNIVERSITIES WORK TO EXPAND OPPORTUNITIES FOR WOMEN STUDENTS AND LECTURERS
February 1st, 2017
THE PRESIDENT of the Somali National Commission for UNESCO and former Somalia education minister has called on her country’s fledgling national government and growing tertiary education sector to redouble its efforts to boost the presence of women in Somali higher education.
Dr Khadar Bashir Ali, who was Somalia’s minister of education, culture and higher education from February 2014 to June 2016, told University World News that Somali society must accept that women are an essential human resources key to developing a country blighted by 16 years of civil ...
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