The United Nations Assistance Mission in Somalia (UNSOM) today celebrates International Youth Day. Somalia has one of the youngest populations in the world. Seven out of 10 Somalis are younger than 30 years old.
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Members of the Federal Indirect Electoral Implementation Team, at their first press conference on 1 August 2016 in Mogadishu, Somalia. UN Photo
![Goodwill Ambassador Fatima Abdi Warsame advocating for 30 per cent of seats to be reserved for women representatives in both houses of Somalia's next federal parliament, .](https://unsom.unmissions.org/sites/default/files/styles/380x220/public/field/image/2016_07_20_women_political_participation-3.jpg?itok=Mlsygnb8)
Goodwill Ambassador Fatima Abdi Warsame advocating for 30 per cent of seats to be reserved for women representatives in both houses of Somalia's next federal parliament.