Maha Abusamra

Gender Advisor and Programmme Specialist @UNDP . #GenderEquality and Women Empowerment’s #programme Managment.🇵🇸🇸🇴

[Maha Abusamra @MahaAbusama]

Thank you for bringing Somalia’s stories 🇸🇴to life with such clarity and purpose. Voices like yours ensure realities on the ground remain at the center of global conversations. Appreciated.@UNDPSomalia @Zahra_Abdihagi @shokonoda

[Somali Storytellers TV @Somstorytellers]

We are glad to have had the opportunity to interview
@UN ASG Ms. Shoko during her visit to Somalia. A Huge thanks to @UNDPSomalia for making this happen. Conversations like these matter and so does keeping Somalia’s stories and realities at the center of global discussions.

[Maha Abusamra @MahaAbusama]

Grateful to @shokonoda for her visit to #Somalia 🇸🇴. Her message affirms that when women lead recovery and youth drive change, communities restore dignity and build resilience. Proud to contribute, through @UNDPSomalia, to advancing gender equality and sustainable peace.
#Gender

[Shoko Noda @shokonoda]

After 4 days in Somalia🇸🇴, I leave with a sense of hope.

Young women & men learning new skills. Displaced families rebuilding their lives. Communities choosing recovery, dignity & self-reliance over aid.

Development is how lasting peace & resilience are built.

@UNDPSomalia

[Maha Abusamra @MahaAbusama]

As a Gender Specialist @UNDPSomalia:
Turning displacement into opportunity starts with women. We place them at the center of durable solutions unlocking housing, livelihoods, and leadership for resilient, dignified recovery in #Puntland and beyond.
#GenderEquality #somalia

[Shoko Noda @shokonoda]

In 🇸🇴Somalia's Puntland state, I met communities rebuilding their lives after repeated displacement.

They need durable solutions: homes, livelihoods & the chance to live with dignity.

A reminder that humanitarian response must go hand in hand with #EarlyRecovery & development.

[Arlaadi Media @ArlaadiMnetwork]

⚡️EXCLUSIVE: #UN Assistant Secretary-General @shokonoda, who also leads the @UNDP Crisis Bureau, called for locally led efforts to help #Somalia move beyond humanitarian aid toward sustainable development while strengthening resilience and restoring dignity. Speaking at a media briefing hosted by @UNDPSomalia in #Mogadishu on Monday, she reaffirmed #UNDP’s firm commitment to support the #Somali people on their path to stability, self-reliance, and long-term progress.

[Shoko Noda @shokonoda]

Arrived in #Somalia 🇸🇴 for a mission focused on advancing stabilization, recovery & institution building.

Look forward to engaging with govt, development partners, communities & UN colleagues as we move forward on the pathway towards recovery, development & peace.

@UNDPSomalia

[Shoko Noda @shokonoda]

An energizing day in Bossaso, Puntland🇸🇴.

Interacted with women who were displaced a few times & now finally settled with homes, jobs & basic services.

Their message stayed with me: "We don’t need goods, we need land and work."

These are the foundations for peace & stability.

[Maha Abusamra @MahaAbusama]

Advancing durable solutions through inclusive, locally led action.
Strong local governance is key to addressing displacement and building sustainable peace for women and men alike.
#DurableSolutions #GenderEquality
@UNDPSomalia @shokonoda

[Shoko Noda @shokonoda]

A productive discussion with @MoIFARSomalia Minister H.E. @AliYusufHosh on advancing local governance and #DurableSolutions for internal displacement.

@UNDP continues to support Somalia’s transition towards nationally-led stabilization, mediation and peacebuilding.

[Maha Abusamra @MahaAbusama]

Investing in youth is investing in peace, and in equality.
Through skills development, psychosocial support, and job opportunities, young women and men in Somalia are building pathways to resilience, dignity, and a more stable future.@UNDPSomalia

#Brace4Peace #GenderEquality

[UNDP Somalia @UNDPSomalia]

Skills, jobs, and a safer future for Somali youth. Through vocational training, mental health support, and job placement, nearly 1,000 young people are building new pathways to opportunity and stability.

PhotoStory👉 : https://t.co/K4nDn46eei #Brace4Peace

[Shoko Noda @shokonoda]

A productive discussion with @MoIFARSomalia Minister H.E. @AliYusufHosh on advancing local governance and #DurableSolutions for internal displacement.

@UNDP continues to support Somalia’s transition towards nationally-led stabilization, mediation and peacebuilding.

[Maha Abusamra @MahaAbusama]

A pivotal week for #Somalia 🇸🇴
@shokonoda highlights a clear shift: from aid dependence to resilience;driven by private sector growth, stronger institutions, and inclusion for women & youth.
@UNDPSomalia
#UNDP #GenderEquality #Resilience

[SODMA Somalia @SoDMA_Somalia]

Commissioner @MahamuudMoallim and UN Assistant Secretary-General, Assistant Administrator and Crisis Bureau Director @shokonoda co-chaired a meeting focused on Somalia’s humanitarian situation and response efforts.
@UNDP
@UNDPSomalia

[UNDP Arab States @UNDPArabStates]

THANK YOU to

🙏trusting partners,
🙏change makers,
🙏development doers,
🙏ongoing supporters,
🙏equality advocates,
🙏planet protectors,
🙏financial investors,
🙏action takers,
🙏problem solvers,
🙏future thinkers.

@UNDP’s new Annual Report: https://t.co/OZ84RVviu0

[Maha Abusamra @MahaAbusama]

Stories like Fartun’s matter.
A young woman entering tech, building a future, and challenging norms in Mogadishu.

This is what investing in youth ;especially young women , looks like in practice
#Somalia #GenderEquality #Peacebuilding #YouthEmpowerment

[UNDP Somalia @UNDPSomalia]

Fartun fixes phones. And she's just getting started.

She's one of hundreds of young Somalis at the Elman Center in #Mogadishu — training for a safer future. Supported by a KOICA-funded UNDP project.

UN🇺🇳 ASG @ShokoNoda met them today. Her message? "Investing in youth is investing in peace."

Watch the video👇

[Shoko Noda @shokonoda]

A productive discussion with Permanent Secretary @HamzaHaadoow at @MOFASomalia.

Welcomed 🇸🇴's membership to the East African Community @jumuiya.

@UNDP continues to support economic development pathways that expand opportunities for the Somali people.

[Ministry of Finance @MoF_Somalia]

Minister @BihiEgeh welcomed Ms. Shoko Noda, UN Assistant Secretary General and UNDP Assistant Administrator & Director of the Crisis Bureau, together with the UNDP team. Discussions focused on the evolving economic landscape and how to further strengthen our two sides partnership

[UN Women Somalia @UNWomen_Somalia]

Women's leadership and protection are not temporary initiatives. They should be consistently integrated into institutions and maintained over time.

#ForAllWomenAndGirls #WPS

[UN Women Somalia @UNWomen_Somalia]

🎉Today marks the official launch of the Women, Peace and Protection Joint Programme, bringing together government, civil society, UN partners & donors in a shared commitment to strengthen women’s role in peace, protection & inclusive development #ForAllWomenAndGirls in Somalia.

[UN Women Somalia @UNWomen_Somalia]

UN Women Somalia Country Programme Manager @rukayamohammedy emphasised that WPP II is designed to go further — scaling what works from lessons and voices of women and girls from Phase I, and responding to the evolving needs of women, peace and protection in Somalia.

[البرنامج الإنمائي @UNDPArabic]

حتى نوفمبر 2025، تم تسجيل أكثر من مليون صومالي بهوية رقمية بيومترية، وبلغت نسبة تسجيل النساء 47%. بمناسبة اليوم العالمي للمرأة 2026، تعرفوا كيف يدعم برنامج الأمم المتحدة الإنمائي في #الصومال @UNDPSomalia النساء للوصول إلى نظام الهوية الوطنية https://t.co/uDCPrvj0Hc

[UNDP Arab States @UNDPArabStates]

As of November 2025, over 1 million Somalis have been registered with biometric digital identity, with 47% female enrolment achieved. On #IWD2026, learn how @UNDPSomalia is supporting women to have access to National ID system https://t.co/I7bKooPt1K