Somali youth brainstorm on tackling gender based violence

Youth in Mogadishu are reflecting on the need to work with the government to fight sexual and gender-based violence still a rampant phenomenon in Somalia.

Youth participants discussed the issue during a symposium on Monday as they looked forward to get the government fully engaged in tackling gender base violence.

“We need to go to the villages and carry out door to door campaigns because it is in the communities where child abuse is rife. Girls are subjected to female genital mutilation