Nafisat Yusuf Mohammed

Nafisat Yusuf Mohammed is a feminist from Somaliland, advocate for the participation of Somaliland women in politics and executive director of NAGAAD Network.

Biography Nafisat heads NAGAAD, a women's non-governmental organization based in Hargeisa. NAGAAD was founded in 1997 as an umbrella organization of 46 women's groups in Somaliland to advocate for women's rights and empowerment from a common united front.

In February 2017, Nafisat made a presentation at the University College London Development Planning Unit (DPU) where she highlighted economic, social, financial and cultural barriers that holds Somaliland's women back from participating in politics.