Fighting for peace in a violent city
As mother and daughter, Fartuun and Ilwad have pioneered peace projects in Somalia, but violence in the country means their work has come at great personal cost.
Fartuun Adan and her daughter Ilwad Elman are two members of a Somali activist family. Their work started with Fartuun's husband, who began helping to heal clan divides in the 1980s, and since then the family have fought to promote peace while their country collapsed around them. Fartuun and Ilwad are based in Mogadishu, and with violence still rife in the city, their activism comes with great danger.
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(Photo: Ilwad Elman and Fartuun Adan. Credit: Victor Boyko/Getty Images for Aurora Humanitarian Initiative)
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