Khadra Hussein Mohammad is a Somali lawyer, who became the first National Deputy Prosecutor in

Somaliland Somaliland,; ar, صوماليلاند ', ' officially the Republic of Somaliland,, ar, جمهورية صوماليلاند, link=no ''Jumhūrīyat Ṣūmālīlānd'' is a ''de facto'' sovereign state in the Horn of Africa, still conside ...

in 2010. She was supported in her training by the

United Nations Development Programme The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)french: Programme des Nations unies pour le développement, PNUD is a United Nations agency tasked with helping countries eliminate poverty and achieve sustainable economic growth and human dev ...

. Mohammad is also the first female judge in Somalia.

Career

Khadra Hussein Mohammad's legal training was supported by the

. She studied at the Law School within the

University of Hargeisa The University of Hargeisa ( so, Jaamacadda Hargeysa, ar, جامعة هرجيسا, abbreviated UoH) is a public university located in Hargeisa, the capital of Somaliland. The institution was founded in 1998. It is the leading and largest higher e ...

, which was established by the UNDP. Mohammad then joined the Somaliland Lawyers Association which enabled her to access further legal training from the UNDP. She praised the organisation, saying that it was one of the main components that has led to her success as a lawyer. After completing that training, she worked for a year as a

paralegal A paralegal, also known as a legal assistant, or paralegal specialist is a professional who performs tasks that require knowledge of legal concepts but not the full expertise of a lawyer with a license to practice law. The market for paralegals i ...

in the National Prosecutor's office. She was named as the National Deputy Prosecutor in 2010, the first time that a woman had held the position. She said that the increase in the number of female lawyers due to the work of the UNDP has meant that female victims have been more willing to engage with them.

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Living people Somaliland lawyers Somaliland women Women lawyers People from Somali Region Year of birth missing (living people) Place of birth missing (living people) People from Hargeisa {{Somaliland-bio-stub

Career

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