Training the Civil Society Clusters on Human Rights Monitoring, Reporting and Advocacy During and post Electoral process.
On 26 may 2022 electoral observation and human rights protect training workshop for the SCOs the civil society organizations is concluded in Mogadishu. The workshop is strengthen the capacity of the SCOs clusters in Somalia for the coordination of electoral work in the country. this program has trained 40 persons both male and female including the disability people.
The workshop was implemented jointly by the Disabled People Inclusion cluster and Human right Cluster with the support from the UNSOM HRPG office. The objective of the workshop is to fill in the gap for some SCOs. To be active engagement in the Somali electoral process, both parliamentary and presidential. The two main elections that is common in Somalia a country that has under gone, decades of wars and unrest that made very difficult civilian rights and role to vote for the leadership they want.
The workshop plan was 20 person participant for each session from the date 25 and 26 May 2022. The participants who came from the SCOs clusters learned education for election procedures in the country. The participants gained skills for electoral principles and requirement for organizing, implementation and observation pre and post-election.
The facilitators made interactive engagements, that feed the trainees respected role in the sessions. With extended contributions for the lessons, the process and guide workshop and group work role made that made three different topics and discussions presented members in the participants. . the workshop made deeper explanation of all cycles of the election. And harmonise national elections which has long lasted problems and obstacles against democratic election to happen in the country.
Somalia utilized indirect election in the last decades, where the election for the Somalia federal Member States FMS parliament and the federal parliament are take place. Subsequently the presidential election is done. The federal state MPs are elected through vote from the people they represent in the FMS . The federal parliament upper house senate is elected by the federal state member MPs. And the house of the people is elected by civilians which is representation of people. Voted by 101 ever seat of the 275 MPs.
The presidential election is done process different from the above mentioned. An election process unlike from many different countries in the world. This election is voted by 275 mostly females, the house of people and 54 upper house senate. Proportional representatives in the federal state and disproportional for the minority, women and disability who have no representative, mainly the disabled people who are estimated to be 20% of the population and the IDP people who are nearly great number in the population.
The facilitators acknowledged the role of the participants in the workshop and their commitment was perfect, that can make them professional skilled supportive for the next election. These team will be Able to engage and challenge the volatile situation and risk environment work for the local election in Somalia. And the participants thanked the sessions and ToR in the training program. And requested further more sessions engagements
