BRIEFING - Defining the endgame - Civil society voices on how to build a just,

BRIEFING | MARCH 2023 Defining the endgame Civil society voices on how to build a just, stable Somalia This briefing presents the perspectives The briefing considers the gendered dynamics of conflict of Somali analysts and civil society and insecurity, with a special focus on the impact of organisations (CSOs) on the current gender norms on violence and insecurity, including how women and girls ar. [...] This has included the burning of villages, the seizure of livestock and the destruction of water Security assistance wells.14 It also “continues to abduct women and girls, to force families to give them their daughters to marry, Security assistance in the past decade has helped Somalia and to occupy hospitals and maternity wards ... [...] They build from the ground up the security institutions that target women activists and women working in local and collapsed with the overthrow of the Barre government national politics”.15, 16 This, together with acute drought, in 1991 and were not properly replaced; however, the has led to people being forcibly displaced and in need of security architecture remains unclear, with the roles humani. [...] The support (which touts its victories over al-Shabaab), the fact of the the international community is giving to the Somali matter is that the government is a long way from defeating Government is focused on security; the government’s the group. [...] Address the impacts of drought and other Address the gendered root causes of conflict and violence environmental factors on the security and well-being of that fuel GBV, reinforce harmful gender norms, hinder the population, such as by promoting sustainable land women’s economic and political participation and use and resource management practices and providing reinforce conflict and instability.