{"id":457472,"date":"2026-03-08T12:26:48","date_gmt":"2026-03-08T09:26:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/?p=457472"},"modified":"2026-03-08T12:26:48","modified_gmt":"2026-03-08T09:26:48","slug":"family-minister-launches-womens-business-expo-in-mogadishu-to-mark-international-womens-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/family-minister-launches-womens-business-expo-in-mogadishu-to-mark-international-womens-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Family Minister Launches Women\u2019s Business Expo in Mogadishu to Mark International Women\u2019s Day"},"content":{"rendered":"

Mogadishu (SONNA) \u2013 The Minister of Family and Human Rights Development of the Federal Government of Somalia, H.E. Khadija Mohamed Al-Makhzoumi, has officially opened the Somali Women\u2019s Business Expo in Mogadishu as part of activities marking International Women\u2019s Day on March 8 and Somali Women\u2019s Week.<\/p>\n

The minister highlighted the vital role women play in the country\u2019s development, noting that the exhibition goes beyond promoting business. She said the event will also provide free medical screenings and treatment for women, particularly those from low-income communities.<\/p>\n

Chairperson of the Somali Women Entrepreneurs Association, Xersiyo Abdulle Siyad, and Duniyo Mohamed Ali, representing women\u2019s organizations, expressed appreciation to the ministry for initiating the program aimed at supporting women entrepreneurs and vulnerable women.<\/p>\n

Also addressing the event were the Director General of the Ministry, Mohamed Bashir Omar, and the Secretary General of the Banaadir Regional Administration, Bilan Bile Mahmoud.<\/p>\n

Somalia annually marks Somali Women\u2019s Week alongside International Women\u2019s Day, with this year\u2019s focus centered on expanding economic opportunities and providing healthcare support for women.<\/p>\n

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Mogadishu (SONNA) \u2013 The Minister of Family and Human Rights Development of the Federal Government of Somalia, H.E. Khadija Mohamed Al-Makhzoumi, has officially opened the Somali Women\u2019s Business Expo in Mogadishu as part of activities marking International Women\u2019s Day on March 8 and Somali Women\u2019s Week. The minister highlighted the vital role women play in […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":120,"featured_media":457478,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-457472","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\/457472","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\/120"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=457472"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/457472\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":457479,"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/457472\/revisions\/457479"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/457478"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=457472"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=457472"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=457472"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}