Challenges for Diaspora Women to Rebuild Their Homeland

The Case of Somalia

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ID7156909
AuthorsStefan Gröschl (0000-0002-8163-6830, École Supérieure des Sciences Économiques et Commerciales, corresponding author)
Year2025
Volume59
Issue4
Pages1849-1858
Publication date2025-12-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueInternational Migration Review (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0197-9183 • E-ISSN: 1747-7379
PublisherSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/01979183241265001
OpenAlexW4401275958
LanguageEN
References cited5

Through financial and nonfinancial remittances such as intellectual capital, social capital, advocacy, political capital and voluntarism, diaspora women provide lifelines for their families and support to community development in their homelands. However, their contributions in humanitarian and development actions are poorly documented and reported, and their potential has not been fully harnessed. This country report describes the case of Somali women diaspora and their role in rebuilding Somalia. The report outlines recent migration movements in Somalia, before describing the different profiles of Somali diaspora women returning to Somalia, and their motivation to engage in the rebuilding of their home country. Based on interviews with Somali diaspora women and members of relevant Somali ministries and governmental bodies, the author describes the challenges for Somali diaspora women to leverage their engagements in Somalia, and the changes needed to enhance the impact of their contributions

Development economics · Diaspora · Economic growth · Economics · Geography · Homeland · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Somali · Diaspora, migration, transnational identity · Gender Studies · Law · Migration and Labor Dynamics · Socioeconomic Development in MENA

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