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'''Fadumo Deeqo Dayib''' is a [[Somali]] politician and the first woman to run for President of Somalia, standing for the [[Somali parliamentary election, 2016|November 2016 election]].
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'''Fadumo Qasim Dayib''', nicknamed Deeqo -which means "Gift" in Somali-, is a [[Somalis|Somali]] politician and the first woman to run for President of Somalia, standing for the [[2016 Somali parliamentary election|November 2016 election]].


==Early life and education==
==Early life and education==
Dayib was born in 1972 in a displacement camp in [[Thika]], [[Kenya]] to Somali parents.<ref name=loving/><ref name=who/> Her mother travelled there after losing eleven previous children to preventable diseases.<ref name=refugee/> Her father was a truck driver and her mother sold tea by the roadside.<ref name=model>{{cite web|url=http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/world/the-times/exmodel-fadumo-dayib-defies-islamists-to-run-for-somali-presidency/news-story/546033c2f89d0576447df93d9d0ca4b8|title=Ex-model Fadumo Dayib defies Islamists to run for Somali presidency|work=The Australian|first=Christina|last=Lamb|date=10 October 2016|accessdate=19 November 2016}}</ref> She had two more siblings born in Kenya.<ref name=who/> Her parents divorced when she was young.<ref name=who/> Her family were expelled from [[Mombasa]] in 1989 and deported to [[Mogadishu]].<ref name=refugee/> Her mother was temporarily imprisoned because her brother was suspected of funding a group opposed to [[Siad Barre]].<ref name=would/> Dayib's family sold everything to enable her and her siblings to escape as refugees to [[Finland]], where she has lived since 1990.<ref name=44yo>{{cite web|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-10-13/fadumo-dayib-first-female-in-somalia-to-run-for-president/7927552|title=Fadumo Dayib: 44yo refugee-turned-academic is the first female in Somalia's history to run for president|date=13 October 2016|accessdate=19 November 2016|work=ABC News}}</ref><ref name=refugee>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/sep/08/fadumo-dayib-the-somali-refugee-vying-to-return-home-as-first-female-president|title=Somali refugee Fadumo Dayib runs for president 26 years after fleeing civil war|first=Jason|last=Burke|work=The Guardian|date=8 September 2016|accessdate=19 November 2016}}</ref>
Dayib was born in 1972 in [[Thika]], [[Kenya]] to Somali parents.<ref name=loving/><ref name=who/> Her mother travelled there after losing eleven previous children to preventable diseases.<ref name=refugee/> Her father, who was a truck driver, gave her mother and young brother a lift. They married on their way to Kenya and settled in Thika. Both of her parents were illiterate yet her father spoke several languages. And her mother was an enterprising business woman, who sold tea by the roadside.<ref name=model>{{cite web|url=http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/world/the-times/exmodel-fadumo-dayib-defies-islamists-to-run-for-somali-presidency/news-story/546033c2f89d0576447df93d9d0ca4b8|title=Ex-model Fadumo Dayib defies Islamists to run for Somali presidency|work=The Australian|first=Christina|last=Lamb|date=10 October 2016|accessdate=19 November 2016}}</ref> She had two more siblings born in Kenya.<ref name=who/> Her parents divorced when she was young.<ref name=who/> Her family were expelled from [[Nairobi]] in 1989 and deported to [[Mogadishu]].<ref name=refugee/> Her mother was temporarily imprisoned because her brother was suspected of funding a group opposed to [[Siad Barre]].<ref name=would>{{cite web|url=http://www.newsweek.com/somali-woman-who-would-be-president-450817|title=The Somali Woman Who Would Be President|work=Newsweek|first=Conor|last=Gaffey|date=30 April 2016|accessdate=19 November 2016}}</ref> Dayib's mother sold everything to enable her and her siblings to escape as refugees to [[Finland]], where she has lived since 1990.<ref name=44yo>{{cite web|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-10-13/fadumo-dayib-first-female-in-somalia-to-run-for-president/7927552|title=Fadumo Dayib: 44yo refugee-turned-academic is the first female in Somalia's history to run for president|date=13 October 2016|accessdate=19 November 2016|work=ABC News}}</ref><ref name=refugee>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/sep/08/fadumo-dayib-the-somali-refugee-vying-to-return-home-as-first-female-president|title=Somali refugee Fadumo Dayib runs for president 26 years after fleeing civil war|first=Jason|last=Burke|work=The Guardian|date=8 September 2016|accessdate=19 November 2016}}</ref>


Dayib did not learn to read and write until she was fourteen years old.<ref name=who>{{cite web|url=http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/who-fadumo-dayib-somalias-first-female-presidential-hopeful-1573842|title=Who is Fadumo Dayib, Somalia's first female presidential hopeful?|first=Elsa|last=Buchanan|work=International Business Times|date=11 August 2016|accessdate=19 November 2016}}</ref> She studied in Finland to become a critical care nurse, earning two masters' degrees.<ref name=refugee/><ref name=who/> She won a fellowship to the [[Harvard Kennedy School]] to study public administration.<ref name=44yo/><ref name=onetime>{{cite web|url=http://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2015/05/a-onetime-refugee-aims-high/|title=A onetime refugee aims high|first=Christina|last=Pazzanese|date=20 May 2015|accessdate=19 November 2016|work=Harvard Gazette}}</ref> She is a doctoral candidate at the [[University of Helsinki]] researching [[United Nations Security Council Resolution 1325]] (Peace, Women and Security).<ref name=loving/><ref name=who/><ref name=onetime/>
Dayib did not learn to read and write until she was fourteen years old.<ref name=who>{{cite web|url=http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/who-fadumo-dayib-somalias-first-female-presidential-hopeful-1573842|title=Who is Fadumo Dayib, Somalia's first female presidential hopeful?|first=Elsa|last=Buchanan|work=International Business Times|date=11 August 2016|accessdate=19 November 2016}}</ref> She studied in Finland to become a critical care nurse, earning two master's degrees.<ref name=refugee/><ref name=who/> She won a fellowship to the [[Harvard Kennedy School]] to study public administration.<ref name=44yo/><ref name=onetime>{{cite web|url=http://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2015/05/a-onetime-refugee-aims-high/|title=A onetime refugee aims high|first=Christina|last=Pazzanese|date=20 May 2015|accessdate=19 November 2016|work=Harvard Gazette}}</ref> She is a doctoral candidate at the [[University of Helsinki]] researching [[United Nations Security Council Resolution 1325]] (Peace, Women and Security).<ref name=loving/><ref name=who/><ref name=onetime/>


==Career==
==Career==
Dayib is a public health expert and activist. She has worked in the private sector on employment for refugees.<ref name=refugee/> She worked for the [[United Nations]] in Somalia setting up maternal health clinics in 2005, but was evacuated due to security concerns. She then set up [[HIV]] prevention offices and trained health care providers for the UN in [[Fiji]] and [[Liberia]].<ref name=loving/><ref name=would>{{cite web|url=http://www.newsweek.com/somali-woman-who-would-be-president-450817|title=The Somali Woman Who Would Be President|work=Newsweek|first=Conor|last=Gaffey|date=30 April 2016|accessdate=19 November 2016}}</ref>
Dayib is a social change activist, a public health expert and a development practitioner. She has worked in the private sector on employment for refugees.<ref name=refugee/> She worked for the [[United Nations]] in Somalia setting up maternal health clinics in 2005 but was evacuated due to security concerns. She then set up [[HIV]] prevention offices and trained health care providers for the UN in [[Fiji]] and [[Liberia]].In 2017, Fadumo became the first Somali woman to ever hold the position of country director in UN Somalia.<ref name=would>{{cite web|url=http://www.newsweek.com/somali-woman-who-would-be-president-450817|title=The Somali Woman Who Would Be President|work=Newsweek|first=Conor|last=Gaffey|date=30 April 2016|accessdate=19 November 2016}}</ref>


Dayib announced her intention to run for [[President of Somalia]] in 2014 in the first democratic elections to be held since 1967.<ref name=interview>{{cite web|url=http://www.marieclaire.com/culture/news/a14294/beating-the-odds-to-become-somalias-first-female-president/|title=Fadumo Dayib Is Risking Her Life to Be Somalia's First Female Presidential Candidate|work=Marie Clarie|first=Jennifer|last=Chowdhury|date=11 May 2015|accessdate=19 November 2016}}</ref> She is one of eighteen presidential candidates in 2016, including incumbent [[Hassan Sheikh Mohamud]]. She is the only female. Her decision to stand for the presidency has attracted death threats.<ref name=44yo/><ref name=refugee/> Her platform includes anti-corruption policies, taking on [[female genital mutilation]], and dialoguing with [[al-Shabaab]] if the group will cut their ties to international terrorist organisations and stop killing Somalis.<ref name=refugee/><ref name=model/> She has said that she has very little chance of winning.<ref name=loving>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/global-development-professionals-network/2016/oct/12/somalias-female-presidential-candidate-fadumo-dayib|title=Somalia’s female presidential candidate: ‘If loving my land means I die, so be it’|work=The Guardian|first=Leyla|last=Hussein|date=12 October 2016|accessdate=19 November 2016}}</ref>
Dayib announced her intention to run for [[President of Somalia]] in 2014 in the first democratic elections to be held since 1967.<ref name=interview>{{cite web|url=http://www.marieclaire.com/culture/news/a14294/beating-the-odds-to-become-somalias-first-female-president/|title=Fadumo Dayib Is Risking Her Life to Be Somalia's First Female Presidential Candidate|work=Marie Clarie|first=Jennifer|last=Chowdhury|date=11 May 2015|accessdate=19 November 2016}}</ref> She was one of eighteen presidential candidates in 2016, including incumbent [[Hassan Sheikh Mohamud]] and eventual winner [[Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed]]. She was the only female. Her decision to stand for the presidency attracted death threats.<ref name=44yo/><ref name=refugee/> Her platform included anti-corruption policies, taking on [[female genital mutilation]], ending the 4.5 clan-based governance system and dialoguing with [[Al-Shabaab (militant group)|al-Shabaab]] to encourage the group to cut their ties to international terrorist organisations and stop killing Somalis.<ref name=refugee/><ref name=model/> She said that she had very little chance of winning because of corruption and the 4.5 clan-based governance system.<ref name=loving>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/global-development-professionals-network/2016/oct/12/somalias-female-presidential-candidate-fadumo-dayib|title=Somalia's female presidential candidate: 'If loving my land means I die, so be it'|work=The Guardian|first=Leyla|last=Hussein|date=12 October 2016|accessdate=19 November 2016}}</ref>......


==Personal life==
==Personal life==
Dayib is married and has four children.<ref name=refugee/><ref name=onetime/> Her husband and children are based in Finland, but she has declared her intention to remain in Somalia after the election.<ref name=interview/><ref name=would/>
Dayib has four children.<ref name=refugee/><ref name=onetime/> She has declared her intention to continue being involved in the betterment of Somalia even after the election.<ref name=interview/><ref name=would/> Fadumo currently lives in Nairobi with her family.


==External links==
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Latest revision as of 16:11, 2 December 2022

Fadumo Qasim Dayib
Personal details
Born1972 (age 51–52)
Thika, Kenya
EducationLaurea University (BS)
University of Eastern Finland (MPH, MS)
Harvard University (MPA)
University of Helsinki

Fadumo Qasim Dayib, nicknamed Deeqo -which means "Gift" in Somali-, is a Somali politician and the first woman to run for President of Somalia, standing for the November 2016 election.

Early life and education

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Dayib was born in 1972 in Thika, Kenya to Somali parents.[1][2] Her mother travelled there after losing eleven previous children to preventable diseases.[3] Her father, who was a truck driver, gave her mother and young brother a lift. They married on their way to Kenya and settled in Thika. Both of her parents were illiterate yet her father spoke several languages. And her mother was an enterprising business woman, who sold tea by the roadside.[4] She had two more siblings born in Kenya.[2] Her parents divorced when she was young.[2] Her family were expelled from Nairobi in 1989 and deported to Mogadishu.[3] Her mother was temporarily imprisoned because her brother was suspected of funding a group opposed to Siad Barre.[5] Dayib's mother sold everything to enable her and her siblings to escape as refugees to Finland, where she has lived since 1990.[6][3]

Dayib did not learn to read and write until she was fourteen years old.[2] She studied in Finland to become a critical care nurse, earning two master's degrees.[3][2] She won a fellowship to the Harvard Kennedy School to study public administration.[6][7] She is a doctoral candidate at the University of Helsinki researching United Nations Security Council Resolution 1325 (Peace, Women and Security).[1][2][7]

Career

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Dayib is a social change activist, a public health expert and a development practitioner. She has worked in the private sector on employment for refugees.[3] She worked for the United Nations in Somalia setting up maternal health clinics in 2005 but was evacuated due to security concerns. She then set up HIV prevention offices and trained health care providers for the UN in Fiji and Liberia.In 2017, Fadumo became the first Somali woman to ever hold the position of country director in UN Somalia.[5]

Dayib announced her intention to run for President of Somalia in 2014 in the first democratic elections to be held since 1967.[8] She was one of eighteen presidential candidates in 2016, including incumbent Hassan Sheikh Mohamud and eventual winner Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed. She was the only female. Her decision to stand for the presidency attracted death threats.[6][3] Her platform included anti-corruption policies, taking on female genital mutilation, ending the 4.5 clan-based governance system and dialoguing with al-Shabaab to encourage the group to cut their ties to international terrorist organisations and stop killing Somalis.[3][4] She said that she had very little chance of winning because of corruption and the 4.5 clan-based governance system.[1]......

Personal life

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Dayib has four children.[3][7] She has declared her intention to continue being involved in the betterment of Somalia even after the election.[8][5] Fadumo currently lives in Nairobi with her family.

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References

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  1. ^ a b c Hussein, Leyla (12 October 2016). "Somalia's female presidential candidate: 'If loving my land means I die, so be it'". The Guardian. Retrieved 19 November 2016.
  2. ^ a b c d e f Buchanan, Elsa (11 August 2016). "Who is Fadumo Dayib, Somalia's first female presidential hopeful?". International Business Times. Retrieved 19 November 2016.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h Burke, Jason (8 September 2016). "Somali refugee Fadumo Dayib runs for president 26 years after fleeing civil war". The Guardian. Retrieved 19 November 2016.
  4. ^ a b Lamb, Christina (10 October 2016). "Ex-model Fadumo Dayib defies Islamists to run for Somali presidency". The Australian. Retrieved 19 November 2016.
  5. ^ a b c Gaffey, Conor (30 April 2016). "The Somali Woman Who Would Be President". Newsweek. Retrieved 19 November 2016.
  6. ^ a b c "Fadumo Dayib: 44yo refugee-turned-academic is the first female in Somalia's history to run for president". ABC News. 13 October 2016. Retrieved 19 November 2016.
  7. ^ a b c Pazzanese, Christina (20 May 2015). "A onetime refugee aims high". Harvard Gazette. Retrieved 19 November 2016.
  8. ^ a b Chowdhury, Jennifer (11 May 2015). "Fadumo Dayib Is Risking Her Life to Be Somalia's First Female Presidential Candidate". Marie Clarie. Retrieved 19 November 2016.
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