Women who led
Hibaaq Osman (Hibaaq Cismaan)
Hibaaq Osman is a Somali political strategist and women's rights campaigner. She founded the Centre for the Strategic Initiatives of Women and the SIHA network in the Horn of Africa, and in 2005 founded El-Karama, a Cairo-based organisation working for women's rights across the Arab world. She has represented the V-Day movement in Africa, the Middle East and Asia since 2002.
Hibaaq OsmanHibaaq Cismaan
- Known as one of
- Women who led
- Era
- Rebuilding without a state, 1991 to 2012; Who holds power, 2012 to now
- Sources
- 1 sources
Who is she?
Hibaaq Osman is a Somali political strategist (Wikipedia, Hibaaq Osman). She was born in Somalia, studied there and in Ethiopia, Sudan and the United States, and has lived and worked in Yemen (same source).
Work
From 1992 she was director of communications for the Fund for Peace, and she chaired the Center for the Advancement of Somali Women and Children in Washington DC (Wikipedia). She founded the Centre for the Strategic Initiatives of Women, and the SIHA network, which links women's groups across the Horn of Africa (same source).
Since 2002 she has led V-Day's work in Africa, the Middle East and Asia (same source). In 2005 she founded El-Karama, a Cairo-based organisation working on women's rights in fourteen countries of the Middle East and North Africa, including Somalia (same source). Through it she launched the Libyan Women's Platform for Peace in 2011 and the Syrian Women's Forum for Peace in 2012 (same source). See Somalis in Egypt.
In short
A Somali strategist who built women's rights networks across the Horn of Africa and the Arab world.
Sources
- Wikipedia, Hibaaq Osman · en.wikipedia.org
Hibaaq OsmanHibaaq Cismaan
- Known as one of
- Women who led
- Era
- Rebuilding without a state, 1991 to 2012; Who holds power, 2012 to now
- Sources
- 1 sources
Toosoo!
Calankii is made by Toosoo, which works for one united, prosperous Somalia.
Can you help with Hibaaq Osman (Hibaaq Cismaan)? Tell us what you can give.
I want to help with this
Same era
- Australia18,401 people of Somali ancestry and 8,101 born in Somalia lived in Australia at the 2021 Census, more than half in Victoria. History, work, issues.
- Birmingham (Somali diaspora)About 17,000 to 21,600 Somalis live in Birmingham (Census 2021), mostly in Nechells, Newtown, Small Heath and Alum Rock. History, work, health and ties home.
- Bristol (Somali diaspora)9,167 people in Bristol identified as Somali or Somalilander in Census 2021, the city's largest minority group. Where they live, work, housing, leaders and ties home.
- Calgary, Alberta, Canada2,845 people of Somali origin lived in Calgary at the 2021 Census, plus 890 in Brooks. How they came, who serves them and what they face.
- Denmark (Somali diaspora)21,885 people of Somali origin lived in Denmark in 2026, half born there. Numbers, history, work, permit reviews, and ties home.
- DjiboutiAbout 13,900 refugees from Somalia live in Djibouti (Aug 2026): numbers since 1990, Ali Addeh, Holl-Holl, the 2017 refugee law, Arta 2000 and 2025 returns.
Keep reading
- Edna Adan Ismail: the nurse-midwife who built a hospital in HargeisaEdna Adan Ismail: first Somali nurse-midwife, WHO officer, founder of a hospital and university in Hargeisa, FGM campaigner, 2023 Templeton Prize winner.
- Hawo Tako (Xaawo Taako)Hawo Tako (Xaawo Taako), the Somali Youth League member who died in Mogadishu in January 1948 and is remembered as a national heroine.
- Asha Haji Elmi (Caasha Xaaji Cilmi)Asha Haji Elmi, born 1962: founder of the Sixth Clan women's movement, peace negotiator, MP and 2008 Right Livelihood laureate.
- Fartuun Adan (Fartuun Cabdisalaan Aadan)Fartuun Adan, born 1969: head of Elman Peace in Mogadishu, co-founder of Sister Somalia, and 2022 Right Livelihood laureate.
- Dr Hawa Abdi (Xaawo Cabdi Dhiblaawe)Dr Hawa Abdi (1947–2020): doctor and lawyer whose clinic near Afgooye became a hospital and a refuge for 90,000 people.
- Fadumo Dayib (Faadumo Daayib)Fadumo Dayib (born 1972): former refugee, nurse and UN health expert, first woman to run for President of Somalia (2016).