Somaliland Parliament Passes Gender Based Violence (GBV) Bill

[Deeq A.]

HARGEISA– Somaliland parliament on 7th Jan. 2018 passed a law criminalizing gender-based violence (GBV). The parliamentary session, which passed the GBV Offence Bill into an officially endorsed law was attended by 51 parliament members, out of which 46 were in favor of the law, two abstained and two others voted against.