# Somali lower house passes bill against sexual violence

https://mins.news/en/item/120569

- France 24, 2026-10-29 10:42 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.france24.com/en/video/20261029-somalia-lower-house-of-parliament-passes-bill-on-sexual-violence

> Somalia’s parliament has passed a new law targeting sexual violence, updating a criminal code that had remained unchanged since 1962. FRANCE 24’s Bastien Renouil spoke in Nairobi with Sofia Rajab, a program manager at Legal Action Worldwide, which lobbied Somali authorities in support of the law.

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