Somalia
Data on women
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Basic information > About parliament
Speaker
Speaker
Abdi Hashi
Abdullahi
(Male)
Year of birth
1946
Additional information
Elected on 22 Jan. 2017, re-elected on 26 Apr. 2022.
Secretary general
Secretary General
Abdinasir Ibrahim
Guled
(Male)
Notes
Additional information about the Secretary General, in particular regarding their term.
Appointed on 11 Dec. 2022.
Members
Current number of members, by sex
Men
The number of male parliamentarians who currently hold seats in parliament.
Women
The number of female parliamentarians who currently hold seats in parliament.
Percentage of women
Calculated by dividing the current number of women by the current number of members.
Reserved seats and quotas
Electoral quota for women
Quotas to promote the representation of women in parliament.
Elections > Election results
Results
Members elected, by sex
Number of men elected
40
Number of women elected
14
Percentage of women elected
The percentage is calculated by dividing the number of women elected in the election and the number of seats at stake at the election.
25.93%
Number of women after election or renewal, by mode of designation
Women Indirectly Elected
14
New legislature
Total number of men after the election
The total number of male parliamentarians in this parliament/chamber following the election or renewal, regardless of their modes of designation.
40
Total number of women after the election
The total number of female parliamentarians in this parliament/chamber following the election or renewal, regardless of their modes of designation.
14
First Speaker of the new legislature
First Speaker of the new legislature
First name of the Speaker of the new legislature following the election or renewal.
Abdi Hashi
Abdilahi
(Male)
Date of election
26.04.2022
Elections > Historical data on women
Women's suffrage
Date of independence
For countries that become independent after 1940
1960
First woman in parliament
First woman in parliament
Year in which first woman entered parliament
1979
Specialized body - Women's caucus
Women's Caucus of the Upper House
(December 2017)
Formal or informal
Formal
The caucus is open to male MPs
No
The caucus is cross-party
Yes
Notes
All members are currently independents and do not ascribe to political parties.
There are rules governing the functioning of the caucus
Yes
Activities
Issues dealt with by the caucus
-Stand up for empowerment of women
-To get a legally reserved seats and/or quotas for women
-Increasing women’s impact on political decision-making
- Good internal communications
- To work collaboratively on gender issues
-To get a legally reserved seats and/or quotas for women
-Increasing women’s impact on political decision-making
- Good internal communications
- To work collaboratively on gender issues
The caucus has a strategic plan or plan of action
Yes
The caucus has a communication plan
Yes