Somalia joined the rest of the world to mark International Women’s Day. The day was commemorated across the country, with Mogadishu, Baidoa, Kismayo and Puntland registering a huge turnout.
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Shipra Bose (left), the Gender Advisor from UNSOM, moderates a panel discussion during celebrations to mark International Women's Day in Mogadishu, Somalia

Participants at a consultative workshop on the role of the Boundaries and Federalism Commission in federalism process held in Mogadishu, Somalia on February 09, 2016.

Walter Kälin, Special Advisor to the Deputy Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General on Internally Displaced Persons chats with local IDP women selling vegetables at Hanaana One camp during his visit to Baidoa, Somalia on February 09, 2016.

Patrick Loots, the Head of Disarmament, Demobilization and Reintegration from UNSOM, the Interim Jubba Administration Minister for Interior, Mohamed Warsame Darwish, and officials from the Germany embassy in Somalia at the site where the centre for disengaged combatants in Kismayo, Somalia will be built.