Moumina Houmed Hassan is a Djiboutian politician serving as the country's Minister for Women and the Family. Hassan was appointed to this role in Prime Minister Abdoulkader Kamil Mohamed's cabinet in a reshuffle in May 2016. She replaced

Hasna Barkat Daoud Hasna Barkat Daoud is a Djiboutian lawyer and former government minister. Career Hasna Barkat Daoud was Minister of Youth, Sport and Tourism since at least 2010 under President Ismaïl Omar Guelleh. In this capacity she represented Djibouti at ...

Female Genital Mutilation

As a Minister, Hassan has developed, in conjunction with

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and

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, a new strategy for 2018-2022 to combat female genital mutilation. Despite legislation against the practice, in 2012, 80% of Djiboutian women aged 15–49 were affected, though there is a downward trend. Hassan states that legislation alone will not stop

FGM Female genital mutilation (FGM), also known as female genital cutting, female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C) and female circumcision, is the ritual cutting or removal of some or all of the external female genitalia. The practice is found ...

. The strategy calls for increased awareness and education by mobilizing communities, traditional leaders, artists, media, with the backing of technical and financial partners. Hassan has advocated for development of specific strategies to deal with HIV/AIDS prevalence among women in countries like Djibouti, keeping in mind local social and cultural norms.

Early career

Prior to joining the Cabinet, Hassan was Executive Secretary of the Secretariat for Reform of Public Administration. The focus during Hassan's tenure was on modernization of legal texts governing administrative action, development of human resource manuals to be used in government ministries and the implementation of citizen service declaration.

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