Dekha Ibrahim Abdi (1964–2011) – peace activist in Kenya
Zam Zam Abdullahi Abdi – human rights activist and journalist
Leila Abukar – political activist
Fartuun Adan – social activist; founder and executive director of the Elman Peace Centre
Elman Ali Ahmed – entrepreneur and social activist
Halima Ahmed – political activist with the Youth Rehabilitation Center in Mogadishu
Hodan Ahmed – political activist and Senior Program Officer at the National Democratic Institute
Ifrah Ahmed – social activist; founder of the UYI NGO
Nimco Ahmed – Somali-American political activist; State Director for the DFL
Abdulkadir Yahya Ali (1957–2005) – peace activist, co-director and founder of the Center for Research and Dialogue.
Abdirizak Bihi – social activist; Director of the Somali Education and Social Advocacy Center
Ilwad Elman – social activist at the Elman Peace Centre
Asha Haji Elmi (Caasha Xaaji Cilmi) (b. 1962) – peace activist in Somalia
Leyla Hussein – psychotherapist and social activist; Chief Executive of Hawa’s Haven; co-founder of Daughters of Eve
Ahmed Hussen – Somali-Canadian lawyer and social activist; President of the Canadian Somali Congress
Farhiyo Farah Ibrahim – Somali social activist
Hanan Ibrahim – social activist based in the UK; founder of the Somali Family Support Group (SFSG)
Fatima Jibrell (b. 1947) – Somali-American environmental activist; co-founder and executive director of the Horn of Africa Relief and Development Organization (“Horn Relief”); co-founder of Sun Fire Cooking; was instrumental in the creation of the Women’s Coalition for Peace
Hirsi Magan (Xirsi Magan Ciise) (1935–2008) – activist, scholar and one of the leading figures of the Somali Revolution
Magid Magid – Somali-British activist and politician who served as the Lord Mayor of Sheffield
Adam Matan – activist and community organiser who was the first Somali-Brit to be awarded the OBE medal by Prince William, Duke of Cambridge for services to the Somali community in the United Kingdom.
Hawa Aden Mohamed – social activist; chairperson of the Galkayo Education Centre for Peace and Development
Musse Olol – American social activist and Chairman of the Somali American Council of Oregon (SACOO)
Hibaaq Osman – political strategist; chairperson of the ThinkTank for Arab Women, the Dignity Fund, and El-Karama
Hawo Tako (d. 1948) – early 20th century female nationalist whose sacrifice became a symbol for pan-Somalism
Mohamud Siad Togane (b. 1943) – Somali Canadian poet, professor, and political activist
Hanad Zakaria Warsame (1952–2008) – doctor and anti-Communist activist
Shadya Yasin – Somali-Canadian social activist and member of the Ontario Premier’s Council on Youth Opportunities
