{"id":437759,"date":"2025-03-12T09:27:03","date_gmt":"2025-03-12T06:27:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/?p=437759"},"modified":"2025-03-12T09:27:03","modified_gmt":"2025-03-12T06:27:03","slug":"somalia-and-sweden-co-host-high-level-un-meeting-on-womens-empowerment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/somalia-and-sweden-co-host-high-level-un-meeting-on-womens-empowerment\/","title":{"rendered":"Somalia and Sweden Co-Host High-Level UN Meeting on Women\u2019s Empowerment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>New York, SONNA \u2013 Somalia and Sweden jointly organized a high-level meeting at the United Nations Headquarters, focusing on eradicating poverty and advancing women\u2019s empowerment.<\/p>\n<p>The meeting was co-chaired by Amb. Khadija Mohamed Al-Makhzoumi, Somalia\u2019s Minister of Family and Human Rights Development, and Ms. Paulina Brandberg, Sweden\u2019s Minister of Gender Affairs. As part of the 69th session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW69), the event brought together global experts and policymakers to discuss strategies for achieving gender equality and addressing socio-economic challenges faced by women.<\/p>\n<p>Minister Al-Makhzoumi highlighted Somalia\u2019s progress in empowering women, emphasizing ongoing initiatives to enhance economic opportunities, education, and protection for women and girls. She reaffirmed Somalia\u2019s commitment to ensuring gender equality as a key pillar of national development.<\/p>\n<p>The meeting underscored the significance of international collaboration in tackling gender disparities and poverty, with global leaders commending Somalia\u2019s efforts in fostering inclusive development.<\/p>\n<p>As CSW69 continues, Somalia remains engaged in advocating for policies that uplift women and promote sustainable socio-economic growth.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New York, SONNA \u2013 Somalia and Sweden jointly organized a high-level meeting at the United Nations Headquarters, focusing on eradicating poverty and advancing women\u2019s empowerment. The meeting was co-chaired by Amb. Khadija Mohamed Al-Makhzoumi, Somalia\u2019s Minister of Family and Human Rights Development, and Ms. Paulina Brandberg, Sweden\u2019s Minister of Gender Affairs. As part of the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":132,"featured_media":437761,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-437759","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-local"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/437759","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/132"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=437759"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/437759\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":437762,"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/437759\/revisions\/437762"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/437761"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=437759"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=437759"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=437759"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}