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Idilinaa

Idilinaa

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Keep it a boqol said:
These actual problems exist all over the world and africa. Depaite the fact there’s is a law now changing that ppl are still using somalia/somalis as a punching bag calling us protecting pedos and rapists etc when the government is literally doing something to combat this

how can you not see the cognitive dissonance vileness and racism ?
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This is true , pedophilia and rape are global problems, not something unique to Somalia. The difference is that Somalia’s local governments are actually taking concrete steps to combat it. They’ve rolled out DNA forensics, strengthened legal mechanisms, and groups like the Female Lawyers Associations have been pushing for access to justice, policy influence, and harsher sentences.

For example, Puntland now has a higher conviction rate than even the UK on such crimes , around 54%, compared to just 27% a few years ago which was already an improvement from 14-12% a few years before that , thanks to reforms and forensic tools that reduced cases being dismissed for lack of evidence (down to 21% in 2017) .

If you commit molestation or rape, the authorities will literally hunt you down across borders, as we saw recently reported on Hiraan with that one guy who fled.

The real gaps are mostly in rural and remote areas where state enforcement is weaker and communities often try to mediate such matters. But in towns and populated areas, the legal mechanisms are much stronger. This will change over time.

As for child or forced marriages, that’s largely concentrated in extremely poor communities and displacement camps out of sheer desperation , it’s not the general reality for most girls in Somalia.

Of course, more improvements are needed, which is why I don’t mind the outrage on social media. As I’ve said before, Somalis being vocally against it often pushes the government to act faster and tougher. And honestly, that’s better than what happens in many other African countries, where the problem is worse but swept under the rug. They focus on PR; Somalis are actually forcing real reforms.
 
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The Oponian Guild

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The blame lies at the feet of the xamar government and its atrocious media optics, not with the fobs or the diaspora TikTokers, Somali tiktok is already cancerous and unsalvageable this isn’t news to me.

Iraq lowered the age of consent to 9 years old and barely a squeak, little to no coverage no nothing, and here’s the FGS with well intentioned law and it’s like shit hit the fan.
 
Xoriyo

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Angelina said:
That is misleading to suggest that Somali women are the only ones. Groups that are far more conservative have spoken about their issues in detail to the point we know very well what it means to be a woman in their culture/community. I have seen many and I mean many groups of women talk about their so called issues. Yemen is practically known as a society that normalizes child marriage.
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Angelina said:
I do not dispute that many conversations needed to be had 'in-house'. But many of the conclusions are simply false. I also find it amusing that this shame is only felt when it comes to issues impacting women. I know for a fact that if I created a social media account in English talking about how relatives stole my house and the GOV did nothing about it-no one would bat an eyelid.


I do somewhat agree with you overall, but for me the conversation is nuanced as I am simply pointing out is that no third world country with a failed GOV will ever have a good rep. That alone is damning which many on here can't seem to understand. I want this to be a factor that Somalis take seriously so that we can change our society and image.
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I don’t feel shame about this.That’s the thing. We’re not perpetuating “shame culture” by calling out those who use the trauma of people back home for clicks and views online, allowing comments degrading their own people to stay up. Or who think that crying to the same gaalos funding the killing of Palestinian women care about their traumatic experiences. The reason that it may appear that people feel shame around issues impacting women being spoken about is because often, women’s rights are weaponised by Westerners and their puppets against Muslim countries. See how even non Westerners like Nigerians or Kenyans whose countries are ground zero for femicide are wilding out about Somalia in the comments.

I agree with you that stability and good governance are key for a favourable image. This is mainly the responsibility of the people back home. For us in the diaspora, we shouldn’t make things harder for ourselves by highlighting only the worst about our country. Nor should we create space for people to be racist against us by allowing racist comments to stay up.
 
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NidarNidar

NidarNidar

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Why are we making a post about an old ass nigga that about to die, the reason shit spreads is because of post like these, these twitter dbags get their fkd from post like these.
 
sweetnya

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Gracias said:
Idk how to say this but Somalia, like all muslim countries, has always had this specific stereotype attached it. Whenever people diss muslims child marriage is one of the first things they mention
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Weird meanwhile Yemen still have child brides marrying at ages of 9,10,11,12
 
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Gracias said:
Nobody will remember by this by November. Does anyone even think about the racist park woman incident?
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That doesn’t mean we should accept it. We ain’t hindi. Somali creators should do the same thing. We should bring light to poor Nigerian girls that are being trafficked across sub Saharan Africa by Nigerian dudes.
 
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