Somali woman, a cultural heritage, political weight, and a clean hand. She broke all the restrictions
and barriers. It gave hope to the educated women of Somalia. The door was opened
their ambition. I taught them that nothing is impossible for a
Somali. She entered Somalia as the first woman to assume the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
in the country. Today, he is once again entering the country as the only woman to head the country.
Fawzia Youssef's steps began with a soft voice threatening the throne of men. With obvious boldness she was no
stranger to her. Somali Fawzia Yusuf Haj Adam ran for elections
Somali presidential. To be the only woman who is under
Presidential elections against twenty competitors, all of them men. Politician
heavy. It is not the first time that Fawzia drew attention to
the eyes of the Somalis. It entered Somali history more broadly
gates. When she became the first Somali woman to hold the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
I became deputy prime minister. The two highest political positions
by a woman in a country that is conservative. At the press conference,
to announce her candidacy has always been Fawzia confirms that the economic conditions of
and the deteriorating security in the country to the continuous suffering of her sons
her people were the main reasons that prompted her to run. It did not stop
her ambition here, but rather seeks a greater position in which to serve her country, so she wants to
to be at the head of that country. Clean hand fights corruption. Fawzia entered
the Somali presidential race minister in the upcoming elections.
It is serious on the ground, as it presented an ambitious electoral program in which it confronts its opponents
Barth and great political weight. She holds in her hands the confidence of the Somalis in her
is trustworthy. The Somalis testify to her clean hand. It is
, which gave her obvious boldness. Especially as she aspires to that in
a country that limits the ambition of women. As Fawzia raised the slogan "Let the woman rule."
and announced that men had failed to restore Somalia's prestige and that it had come to its
to prove that Somali women are capable of this. She said I am different
being a woman and being kinder to the nation and the people. I am different from
foreign ministry reached fourteen months ago? I told the world that what happened in Somalia
is what is known. A woman in the face of a country. Many challenges face
Fawzia. Among the most important is also the Somali Al-Shabab movement, which poses the biggest
security threat in the country, in addition to the extremists. Who may not surrender
Fawzia was harmed by them, who forbid Somali women no matter how much the
her education level. Reaching high positions in a country experiencing tensions
today. Where they see that a woman has no right to rule
in the country. So that you receive a large or small position in it. So
her. Observers believe that Fawzia's chances of success are slim or almost non-existent. With
There are currents that put pressure on women and expose them to many great threats
and reached the threat of physical liquidation until she retracted her candidacy.
, although she is the most serious, Fawzia is not the Somali woman
first to run for the Somali presidency? Others preceded
that. But she was more serious than them. Like Fatima Qasim Tayeb
, also known as the one who ran for the presidential elections in the year
Two thousand and sixteen. And Aisha Ahmed, who soon withdrew her candidacy under
pressure. Both of them were not seriously nominated. Rather very shy.
even a clear electoral program. And do you think that Fawzia has chances of being the
election success? Will she be the first female president of Somalia after
she was the first Somali foreign minister?