Idag hade Göteborg ett celebert besök av Asha Hagi från Somalien och som är en av pristagarna av Right Livelhood Award i år. Vi träffades på Världkulturmuseet och hon berättade om sitt liv .
Läs nedan vad som står om henne på Right Livelhoods hemsida. Priste kommer att delas ut i riksdagen måndagen den 8 dec.
Asha Hagi kämpar för kvinnor och barns överlevnad och rättigheter i Somalien...ett land söndertrasat av klanstrider men där hennes arbeta kunnat överbrygga många fördomar och kulturella gränser.Bland annat så startade hon den 6.te klanen som bara består av kvinnor och genom deras arbete fick de in 25 stycken kvinnor i det somaliska parlamentet 2000...första ggr som kvinnor kom in i detta parlament.
Asha Hagi
"...for continuing to lead at great personal risk the female participation in the peace and reconciliation process in her war-ravaged country."
Asha Hagi has dedicated her life to gaining a better and more peaceful future for her war-torn country, Somalia. At great personal risk, she has fought for women to have a voice in the decisions that affect them. She has mobilized women in the cause of peace across clan and political divides and continues to play a vital role in mediating across warring clans in the on-going peace process. Women in Somalia are in a much stronger position today because of her courage, persistence and compassion. Career and the SSWCBorn in 1962, Asha Hagi graduated in economics from Somalia National University and holds a Master's degree in business administration from the US International University in Africa.Asha Hagi co-founded in 1992, and is the current Chair of, Save Somali Women and Children (SSWC), which works for a safe and sustainable Somalia by supporting women to overcome marginalisation, violence and poverty in their communities. SSWC has seven paid staff and nine volunteers. A large part of the humanitarian funding comes directly from the Somali community around the world as well as from international organisations and individual donors.
HYPERLINK "http://www.rightlivelihood.org/
Annelie Enochson Riksdagen
