Asha Haji Elmi

Asha Haji Elmi ( _so. "Caasha Xaaji Cilmi") (born 1962) is a peace activist in Somalia

When women were excluded from the peace process in Somalia (which involved the five traditional clans), she formed a "Sixth Clan" movement to win a seat at the table. She was selected to the Transitional Federal Parliament (TFP) of the Republic of Somalia on August 29, 2004, and will serve until 2009.cite web
title=Selected Members of the Transitional Federal Parliament of Somalia (275) 29.08.2004 - 2009
url=http://somali-civilsociety.org/downloads/Names%20of%20the%20selected%20Members%20of%20Parliament.pdf
date=2004-08-29
publisher=Somali-CivilSociety.org
accessdate=2007-02-07 ] She is also the founder of Save Somali Women and Children (SSWC), created in 1992 during the height of the Somali Civil War.cite web
title=Somali Women Hope To Affect Khartoum Peace Talks
url=http://usinfo.state.gov/xarchives/display.html?p=washfile-english&y=2006&m=October&x=200610161651141EJrehsiF0.1500208
date=2006-10-16
accessdate=2007-02-08
publisher=US Department of State] cite web
title=Save Somali Women and Children
url=http://www.fasngo.org/en/network/ngos/text/sswc.htm
accessdate=2007-02-08 ]

Asha has been acknowledged internationally for her activism against Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) in Somalia and in other areas of Africa. She frequently travels to college campuses and universities around the world giving speeches about the political conditions in Somalia, FGM and the resulting effects on Somali women.cite news
title=Somalian Human Rights Activist Soffa Lecturer
url=http://www.international.wisc.edu/news/newsitems/detail.asp?idEventsNews=1344
date=2006-09-18
publisher=University of Wisconsin-Madison
accessdate=2007-02-08]

External links

* [http://www.fasngo.org/en/presentation/leadbank/countries/somalia.htm Asha Haji Elmi Amin profile]
* [http://www.ksg.harvard.edu/wappp/who/0506fellows.html#Bando WAPPP Fellow, profile at Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University]

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