Whilst the World Debates Somaliland’s Recognition, Its Girls Remain Invisible

As international debate surrounding Somaliland’s recognition has returned to global headlines in recent months, questions of sovereignty and diplomacy have dominated the conversation. Reports of Israel’s recognition of Somaliland in December and Somaliland’s opening of an embassy in Jerusalem on 16 June have placed the territory’s political future firmly back in the international spotlight. Yet amid discussions of geopolitics and statehood, another story remains largely absent: almost every girl in Somaliland is expected to undergo female genital mutilation (FGM). “When a girl is born here, many people already know what will happen to her,” says Haboon Feysal, a student midwife […] The post Whilst the World Debates Somaliland’s Recognition, Its Girls Remain Invisible appeared first on African Arguments.