Somali women carve their own niche in Boston

http://english.aljazeera.net/indepth/features/2011/05/2011581404398301.html


Somali women empower themselves by opening successful businesses in the US.


Deeqo Jibril is always on the go. Whether she is tending to her four children or teaching breast cancer awareness classes to women in her community, the Somali-born community organiser is always up for a new challenge.

Recently, she gave up her job as a social worker to focus full time on the Boston-based Somali Community & Cultural Association, a nonprofit Jibril founded a year ago to support Somali-American women.

The organisation is located inside a 3,000-square-foot retail building in Dudley Square, the heart of Boston's African American community. Jibril is also a building co-landlord and currently subleases space for six businesses.

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Statistically, Somalis have struggled more than nearly any other immigrant group in the United States. The American Community Survey estimated just over 100,000 Somalis lived in the US in 2009, with almost 30,000 living in Minnesota, although other sources suggest 60,000.

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way back it was the Irish and Italians struggling to make it in the US

wishing the women well