Month: March 2018

LAUNCH OF DOCUMENTARY: “Breaking The Norms”

[embedyt] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gDEJF0rkf_Y[/embedyt] “Breaking the Norms” is a documentary borne of SIHA Network’s work with young women in Sudan who have gained skills in non-gender typical vocations and apprenticeships, breaking gender stereotypes, and successful securing employment. Gender segregation and stereotypes have translated into most parts of the Sudanese society, including the work arena, dictating which professions …

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A SHADOW ECONOMY: Women street vendors in Hargeisa and their role in contributing to the Somaliland’s economic development

Hargeisa, the capital city of Somaliland has been growing for the last two (2) decades. During the reconstruction and re-building of the state, Somaliland continued to remain peaceful. Prior to the fall of Somalia’s dictatorship government in 1991 and the break-out of the civil war, women’s roles were traditionally tied down to caregivers at home. …

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A SHADOW ECONOMY: THE INVISIBLE LABORERS OF KAMPALA

The informal economy is a glaring indicator of the absence of its worth from the eyes of policy-makers. World over, women are over-represented in the informal economy, and in-so-doing has remained an urban phenomenon in both developed and developing economies. From New York in USA to Dhaka in Bangladesh to Harare in Zimbabwe, women carry …

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