Raqiya Haji Dualeh Abdalla

Raqiya Haji Dualeh Abdalla (, ) is a Somali sociologist and politician. She has held a number of senior policy-making posts in governmental, non-governmental and international institutions, including as Vice Minister of Health of Somalia. She was also a founding member of the Somali Women's Democratic Organization (SWDO), serving as the group's Acting Chairperson and Vice President. Additionally, Raqiya is the founder and President of the Somali Family Care Network.

Personal life Raqiya was born in Somalia. For her post-secondary education, she earned a B.A. in Social Sciences from the College of Education in Mogadishu. Raqiya also holds a master's degree in Public Policy and Women in Development from the Institute of Social Studies which is part of Erasmus University Rotterdam based in The Hague, Netherlands.

Career Raqiya is a trained sociologist. She has held a number of senior policy-making posts in governmental, non-governmental and international institutions. She would also serve as the group's Acting Chairperson and Vice President. In this capacity, Raqiya initiated the first anti-FGM campaign in Somalia. She was concurrently elected as Somalia's representative to the conference's five-person Sub-Committee, which was tasked with formulating resolutions and recommendations on FGM.

While working with the Ministry of Culture, Raqiya published Sisters in Affliction in 1982. It was the first book on infibulation by a Somali woman. The work had a widespread impact, particularly when it was later translated into Abdalla's native Somali language. For a five-year period, she also served as Senior Program Advisor to the UNDP in Sudan.

In 2001, Raqiya founded the Somali Family Care Network (SFCN) in Washington, D.C., serving as the group's president. The SFCN offers technical support to ethnic Somali community organizations in the United States. It also provides assistance on general health care to women immigrants from the Horn of Africa.