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Khadra Hussein Mohammad (Khadra Xuseen Maxamed)
Khadra Hussein Mohammad is a Somali lawyer who in 2010 became the first woman to serve as National Deputy Prosecutor in Somaliland. She studied at the law school of the University of Hargeisa with support from the UN Development Programme. Wikipedia also describes her as the first female judge in Somalia.
Khadra Hussein MohammadKhadra Xuseen Maxamed
- Known as one of
- Women who led
- Era
- Rebuilding without a state, 1991 to 2012; Who holds power, 2012 to now
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Who is she?
Khadra Hussein Mohammad is a Somali lawyer (Wikipedia, Khadra Hussein Mohammad). She studied at the law school of the University of Hargeisa, which the UN Development Programme helped set up (same source). Somaliland declared independence in 1991; Israel recognised it on 26 December 2025; most states and the AU regard it as part of Somalia.
Career
She joined the Somaliland Lawyers Association, which gave her access to further UNDP training (Wikipedia). She then worked for a year as a paralegal in the National Prosecutor's office (same source). In 2010 she was named National Deputy Prosecutor, the first woman to hold the post (same source). Wikipedia also describes her as the first female judge in Somalia (same source).
She has said that more women lawyers have made female victims more willing to come forward (same source).
In short
A Hargeisa-trained lawyer who became the first woman National Deputy Prosecutor in Somaliland in 2010.
Sources
- Wikipedia, Khadra Hussein Mohammad · en.wikipedia.org
Khadra Hussein MohammadKhadra Xuseen Maxamed
- Known as one of
- Women who led
- Era
- Rebuilding without a state, 1991 to 2012; Who holds power, 2012 to now
- Sources
- 1 sources
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