Drought Crisis in Somaliland Worsens Gender Based Violence for IDPs

Aid workers say record drought in Somalia is hitting women and girls the hardest, putting them at risk of gender-based violence and seeing girls pulled out of school. Women and girls are forced to walk further from home to get water and education, making them vulnerable to attacks. Juma Majanga reports from Togdheer, in Somalia’s breakaway region of Somaliland. [VOA News]

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