Women in Somalia take hard jobs

Khadijo Mahamud, a mother of five, goes to Bakara market every day to look for work, despite the constant shelling. Her youngest child is 10 months old but Khadijo knows she has no choice but to leave him with her 10-year-old and venture out to find food for the family. On a good day, she makes 50,000 Somali shillings (US$ 1.50). Like Khadijo Mahamud, a growing number of women in Mogadishu has been pushed into tasks that were traditionally considered men's work, such as serving as porters and pushing handcarts in the market.