Maryan Ahmed Ali | |
|---|---|
| Minister of Women's Development & Family Affairs | |
| In office August 2017 –February 2019 | |
| Appointed by | Abdiweli Gaas |
| Succeeded by | Amina Hajji Osman |
| Ministry of Women Development and Family Affairs | |
| Assumed office 10 March 2024 | |
Maryan Ahmed Ali (Somali :Maryan Axmed Cali) is a politician from Puntland,who is a former and current Minister of Women's Development and Family Affairs (MoWDAFA). She served in the cabinet of former president Abdiweli Gaas. [1] During her term she spoke out against gender-based violence,in particular in relation to maternal and infant mortality. [2] It was also under her tenure that the Puntland Forensic Laboratory opened,with the explicit brief of supporting law enforcers to prosecute more rapists. [3] Since she served as current minister of Women. [4]
In December 2018 she launched the Puntland Action Plan for Children. [5] In the same month she launched Puntland's inaugural participation in the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women. [6] [7] As a result of the 2019 elections,she was succeeded in post by Amina Hajji Osman. [8] Subsequently she ran for election as Chief of the Puntland Human Rights Office,but lost to Mar Said Mumin. [9]