IIDA Women’s Development Organisation is a non-governmental organisation based in Mogadishu, Somalia. Its work is centered on peacebuilding, active citizenship for women, and other initiatives in the local education, health and economy sectors.
The IIDA Women’s Development Organisation NGO was founded in Mogadishu on 25 May 1991 by a group of Somali women activists led by Halima Abdi Arush. Arush was a former education inspector whose husband had been killed during the civil war in Somalia. The organisation’s aim was to create an interface organization enabling action in favour of peacebuilding, humanitarianism and women’s rights. The word iida in the Somali language means “woman born on a feast day”. It was chosen by the late Amina Abdullahi Haji Fiqow, a Somali human rights activist.
Mission
The IIDA Women’s Development Organisation’s main objectives are to support the societal reconstruction process and champion women’s rights in Somalia.
Its main development aims are:
To promote peace and peaceful conflict resolution;
To promote respect for human rights and differences in social strata;
To encourage and assist the involvement of Somali women in the processes of reconciliation, reconstruction and economic development;
To provide training for women and to encourage micro credit activities, in order to allow them to reach their economic independence;
TO discourage the practice of female genital mutilation and gender-based violence
To promote the growth and development of women’s associations, including trade-unions;
Offices
IIDA is currently maintains three branches in Somalia (Mogadishu, Merca, Dhusamareb). It also has an office one in Nairobi, Kenya (since December 2007), and one in Turin, Italy.
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