STORY: AU Special Envoy Bineta Diop advocates for more

women participation in the Somali peace process

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DATELINE: 23/OCTOBER/2019, MOGADISHU, SOMALIA

SHOT LIST:

1. Wide shot, plane arriving at Aden Abdulle International Airport

2. Med shot, AU Special Envoy, Bineta Diop alighting from the plane at
Aden Abdulle International Airport
3. Med shot, AU Special Envoying shaking hands with the Special
Representative of the Chairperson of the African Union Commission
(SRCC) for Somalia, Ambassador Francisco Madeira
4. Med shot, AU Special Envoy, Bineta Diop arriving at the AMISOM
Force Headquarters
5. Med shot, AU Special Envoy, Bineta Diop getting ready to inspect the
guard of honour at the AMISOM Force Headquarters
6. Wide shot, AMISOM soldiers mounting the guard of honour at the
AMISOM Force Headquarters
7. Med shot, AU Special Envoy, Bineta Diop at the guard of honour
8. Med shot, AMISOM soldiers mounting the guard of honour
9. Med shot, AU Special Envoy, Bineta Diop going to inspect the guard of
honour
10. Wide shot, AU Special Envoy, Bineta Diop inspecting the guard of
honour
11. Wide shot, AU Special Envoy, Bineta Diop inspecting the guard of
honour
12. Med shot, AU Special Envoy, Bineta Diop inspecting the guard of
honour of honour
13. Med shot, AU Special Envoy, Bineta Diop laying the wreath
14. Med shot, SRCC, Ambassador Francisco Madeira, flanked by his
deputy, Simon Mulongo, paying their respects during the wreath laying
ceremony
15. Med shot, AMISOM troops blowing bugles
16. Med shot, AU Special Envoy, Bineta Diop paying her respects after
laying the wreath
17. Wide shot, AU Special Envoy, Bineta Diop signing the visitors book
18. Close up shot, AU Special Envoy, Bineta Diop signing the visitors book
19. Wide shot, AU Special Envoy, Bineta Diop and other AMISOM officials
and staff having a meeting at AMISOM Mission headquarters
20. Med shot, AMISOM officials at the meeting
21. SOUNDBITE (ENGLISH) BINETA DIOP, AFRICAN UNION SPECIAL
ENVOY
“My sisters, those who are defending the lives of Africans, together with the
men. I wanted to salute you. I wanted to recognize you.”

22. Med shot, AMISOM Police officers applauding

23. SOUNDBITE (ENGLISH) BINETA DIOP, AFRICAN UNION SPECIAL
ENVOY
“When I came here in 2014 I was looking at the issue of sexual abuse.
I was talking to the men. I was asking them what is it? It’s not part of
our culture, we don’t abuse women. Today I hear from you that policies
have been put in place and everybody's getting into that matter to
make sure that nobody says that African troops are the worst…we are
the best. We need peace, security and stability in this region (Horn of
Africa), so you can have peace. If you have peace, we silence the
gun.”

24. Med shot, Participants from AMISOM Police and other officials
listening during the meeting
25. Close up shot, AMISOM police officer listening during the meeting
26. SOUNDBITE (ENGLISH) AMBASSADOR FRANCISCO MADEIRA,
CHAIRPERSON OF THE AFRICAN UNION COMMISSION (SRCC)
FOR SOMALIA
“We are happy not just because you are a woman. You as a woman
represent the embodiment of African women who fight for their safe
affirmation and for their effort to conquer their rightful place in our
society”.

27. Wide shot, AMISOM officials taking part in the meeting

28. SOUNDBITE (ENGLISH) AMBASSADOR FRANCISCO MADEIRA,
THE SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE OF THE CHAIRPERSON OF THE
AFRICAN UNION COMMISSION (SRCC) FOR SOMALIA
“We are happy because of your clear vision of what are the policies of our
continent on the issues of women, peace and security and protection of
children and women’s rights.”

29. Med shot, participants listening during the meeting

30. SOUNDBITE (ENGLISH) AMBASSADOR FRANCISCO MADEIRA,
THE SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE OF THE CHAIRPERSON OF THE
AFRICAN UNION COMMISSION (SRCC) FOR SOMALIA
“When most of our leaders were viewing Somalia as a no-go zone, you
took the initiative and you were the pioneer to show that Somalia is a
 go-zone, and you came here in 2014, to show, to come and see what
is the situation of our troops in the field, particularly the situation of
women engaged in peace and security.”

31. Wide shot, an AMISOM Police officer making her presentation during
the meeting
32. SOUNDBITE: (ENGLISH) CHIEF SUPERINTENDENT GLORY
URHERE, AMISOM POLICE GENDER OFFICER
We act as role models in this local environment while inspiring women
and girls to participate in the recovery, rebuilding of Somalia, and also
encourage the implementation of an effective Somalia Transition Plan."
33. Med shot, participants applauding

AU Special Envoy Bineta Diop advocates for more women participation in the
Somali peace process

Mogadishu, 24 October 2019 – The African Union Special Envoy on Women, Peace,
and Security, Ms. Bineta Diop, wants women in Somalia to increasingly play an active
role in ongoing efforts to restore peace and security in the country.

Ms. Diop on Wednesday completed a one-day visit to Somalia, with the Deputy
Secretary-General of the United Nations, Ms. Amina Mohammed. The visit to
Somalia was part of a broader, joint UN-AU solidarity mission to the Horn of Africa
countries including Ethiopia, Sudan, Djibouti, and Eritrea.

The two high ranking women also met the Prime Minister of Somalia, Hassan Ali
Khaire, at his office in Mogadishu and held discussions on the upcoming landmark
one-person, one-vote elections slated for 2020/2021, the constitutional review
process, and the participation of women in politics.

The AU envoy also visited the AMISOM Force Headquarters, where she laid a wreath
in honour of AMISOM troops and the Somali security forces who died in the pursuit
of peace for Somalia.
AMISOM officials briefed the AU envoy on the contributions and progress of female
peacekeepers. Ms. Diop, along with the Deputy Secretary-General of the UN, Amina
Mohammed, also met with Somali women and female youth civic leaders.

Since the establishment of AMISOM in 2007, the number of women deployed under
the mission has, over the years increased with several women taking up frontline
and active roles in driving combat vehicles like the tankers and Armoured Personnel
Carriers, and positioned in the Forward Operating Bases (FOBs).

Ms. Diop, whose role is to promote the protection and advancement of the rights of
women and children affected by conflict in Africa, commended the female AMISOM
troops for their active participation and contribution to restoring of peace and
security in Somalia.

"I salute the women of AMISOM who, along with the men, are defeating terrorists.
Thank you for defending the lives of Africans," Ms. Diop noted.

The Special Representative of the Chairperson of the African Union Commission

(SRCC) for Somalia, Ambassador Francisco Madeira, hailed Ms. Diop for championing
the cause of women on the continent.

"We are happy to have you among us because of your clear vision and commitment
to championing policies on issues relating to women, peace and security, the
protection of children, and women's rights," Madeira noted. ENDS