STORY: Southwest State ministries trained on human rights

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DATELINE: 21/JANUARY/2020, BAIDOA, SOMALIA

SHOT LIST:

1. Wide shot, Southwest State Ministries participants in Baidoa attending a two day
sensitization workshop to enable them promote and improve protection of Human
rights.
2. Close up shot, banner
3. Med shot, participants taking notes
4. Close up shot, a participant listening
5. Wide shot, a senior AMISOM human rights officer speaking
6. Med shot, participants listening
7. Close up shot, a participant reading through a document
8. Med shot, a senior AMISOM human rights officer speaking
9. Close up shot, a senior AMISOM human rights officer speaking
10. Med shot, participants listening
11. Close up shot, participants listening
12. Med shot, participants at the workshop
13. Close up shot, a participant listening
14. Med shot, Ulrike Kahbila Mbuton, AMISOM Human Rights Officer speaking
15. Close up shot, a participant taking notes
16. SOUNDBITE: (English) Ulrike Kahbila Mbuton, AMISOM Human Rights Officer
“It is our hope that through this training, the people who have participated in this
training would also be able to not only exercise their duties within the ministry, but
to also further sensitize people within their communities and to be able to respond
wherever they encounter any other violations,”

17. Close up shot, a participant listening

18. Med shot, participants listening
19. Close up shot, participants attending
20. Close up shot, a participant listening
21. SOUNDBITE: (Somali) Yusuf Abdikadir Mohamed, Director General of the
Ministry of women and Human Rights development of Southwest state
“The ministry of Women and Human Rights Development is working to ensure that
every victim can access justice that can be achieved through well trained and
experienced staff. With support from the human rights sections of AMISOM and
UNSOM, we managed to conduct workshops of this kind and I hope these trainings
will continue until the capacity of the ministry’s staff is built,”

22. Close up shot, a participant listening

23. Close up shot, a senior AMISOM police officer at the workshop
24. Wide shot, participants attending the workshop
25. SOUNDBITE: (Somali) Samira Abukar Haji, one of the staffs who took part
“I hope they will conduct more training for us so that we disseminate the skills we
gained from here to the community,”

26. Wide shot, participants receiving certificates

27. Med shot, a participant receives a certificate
28. SOUNDBITE: (English) Gloria Jaase, AMISOM Protection Officer
“We emphasized on the importance of ensuring that children are accorded their
rights, this is very important especially in the area where we are, in the country
where we are in Somalia, we are dealing with children in armed conflict, so
promoting the protection of their right is very vital,"

29. Wide shot, group

Southwest State ministries trained on human rights

Mogadishu, 23 January - The African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) has

concluded a two-day human rights training workshop for staff from line ministries of
Southwest State in Baidoa. The training was organized by AMISOM, in collaboration
with UNSOM Human Rights Office in Baidoa. The training is geared towards enabling
staff of line ministries to promote and improve the protection of human rights.

The training, which benefitted 27 Southwest State officials including 15 female

participants from the ministries of Women and Human Rights Development, Justice
and Internal Security, was concluded in Baidoa on Tuesday, 21 January.

The closing ceremony of the workshop was attended by the Southwest State Minister
of Women and Human Rights Development, Faiza Mohamed and other officials from
AMISOM and the United Nations.
Ulrike Kahbila Mbuton, AMISOM Human Rights Officer, said the workshop was aimed
at improving the skills of key staff of the ministries to enhance their capacity to protect
the rights of the most vulnerable including women and children.

“It is our hope that the people who have participated in this training would also be
able to exercise their duties within the ministry, sensitise people within their
communities and respond appropriately wherever they encounter human rights
violations,” Mbuton said.

Yusuf Abdikadir Mohamed, Director General of the Ministry of Women and Human
Rights Development of Southwest State said the federal government was putting
more emphasis on empowering, and protecting the rights of vulnerable people in the
community.

“The ministry of Women and Human Rights Development is working to ensure that
every victim can access justice. This can only be achieved through well trained and
experienced staff. With support from the human rights sections of AMISOM and
UNSOM, we have managed to conduct several workshops and I hope these trainings
will continue until staff of the ministry have the capacity,” Mohamed said.

AMISOM Protection Officer, Gloria Jaase, said the protection of children’s rights in
areas of conflict is of very important.

“During this training, we emphasised on the need to protect the rights of children.
This is very important, especially here in Somalia where we are dealing with children
in armed conflict," said Jasse.

As part of the Somalia Transition Plan, AMISOM and partners are building the capacity
of key Somali institutions so that the Federal Government of Somalia and Federal
Member States can take on the full responsibility of managing the country when
AMISOM leaves.

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