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Africa Eye

Somalia, Sexism and Me

Duration: 27 minutes

What’s it like to be a working woman in Somalia in 2022 – trying to do a job in a culture where women traditionally take second place to men in many aspects of life? For many women in the labour force, it’s a daily fight against prejudice.

Discrimination against women in Somalia is a sensitive subject - after all, this is highly developed culture which has evolved over many centuries. But, BBC Africa Eye asks, is it now time to start thinking differently?

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