This is what it's like to be a female in Somalia's crazy capital city of Mogadishu. Thank you to these lovely ladies for being so bold to share your stories. I hope to be back soon! Follow Drew Binsky for more stories from EVERY country, and join me on https://instagram.com/drewbinsky | Drew Binsky

“Peace is possible when women have power.” People say that Ilwad Elman has peace running through her veins. Her father, Elman Ali Ahmed, was assassinated for his pioneering peace activism in Somalia. Ilwad, along with her mother and two sisters, fled their home and sought asylum in Canada. Years later, she returned to Somalia, where she and her mother revived the Elman Peace And Human Rights Centre, carrying on her father's legacy, and founded Sister Somalia, a crisis center for gender-based vio