Deqa Yasin

Deeqa Yasin or Deqa Yasin Hagi Yusuf is a Somali politician. In 2019 she became the Minister for women and human rights.

De(e)qa Yasin
Yasin in 2018
NationalitySomalia
Occupationpolitician
Known forSomali Minister of Women and human rights

Life

In 1991 she was involved in both women's empowerment and human rights as the Operations Manager for the IIDA Women's Development Organisation.[1]

Yasin came to notice as the Deputy Chair of the Federal Indirect Election Implementation Team (FIEIT). She was credited with her part of the its success during elections in Somalia. Under FEITs encouragement, a quartet of both the lower and upper houses of the Somalian parliament are women.

There is a school named after a former, and assassinated, Somali minister named Qamar Aden Ali. Yasin announced that is was to be renovated in November 2018.[2]

Yasin became in 2019 the minister for women and for human rights.[3] She sees this as a time of change for women as they will be able to participate in the first one-person one vote election in Somalia in 2020/2021.[4]

References
  1. "Deqa Yasin Hagi Yusuf". World Bank Live. 2019-10-09. Retrieved 2020-03-18.
  2. AMISOM Public Information (2018-11-24), 2018_11_24_Qamar_School_Rehabilitation-23, retrieved 2020-03-18
  3. "PM Khaire announces 27 member cabinet". www.hiiraan.com. Retrieved 2020-03-17.
  4. Yusuf, Deqa Yasin Hagi (2019-05-20). "Will 2020 Be a Turning Point for Women and Girls in Somalia?". IPI Global Observatory. Retrieved 2020-03-17.


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