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== History of women's rights in Somalia ==
[[File:Halimaahmed4.jpg|Somali writer and political activist [[Halima Ahmed]]|thumb|right|upright=1]]
By the late 9th century A.D., almost all people living in Somalia had converted to [[Islam]]. The rights of women under the [[Quran]] include the right to life, education, ownership and inheritance of property, as well as the right to give consent to be married and the right to a marriage contract with one's future husband.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.oxfordislamicstudies.com/article/opr/t125/e2510|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100622060604/http://www.oxfordislamicstudies.com/article/opr/t125/e2510|url-status=dead|archive-date=June 22, 2010|title=Women and Islam|date=2018|website=The Oxford Dictionary of Islam: Oxford Studies Online|access-date=2018-11-20}}</ref> At the same time, Somali culture has traditionally operated as a [[patriarchy]], where men made the majority of financial and family decisions, and dominated the public sphere.
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