Qué funciona en Somalia

Somalia has made significant strides in digital financial inclusion: 73% of Somali adults use mobile money monthly, with roughly $2.7 billion moving through the system each month, and over 300,000 women have received digital-literacy training through the national Baxnaano cash-transfer programme, which reached over 4 million people by December 2025. However, progress on women's political representation has been uneven: a 30% parliamentary quota introduced in 2016 lifted women's representation from 14% to 24%, but subsequent elections fell short, with women winning 24% of Senate seats in 2021 and about 20% of House seats in 2022, largely because the quota lacks legal enforcement. The evidence demonstrates gains in women's economic empowerment through financial services and participation in cash programmes, but constraints on translating political quota gains into sustained legislative representation.