Active in Development Aid (ADA) is non-profit women-led organization (WLO) that works in Somalia and Kenya. It was founded in 1992 by a group of Somali professionals. While partnering with Trócaire in Gedo Region of Somalia and implementing Protection and Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) projects, ADA learned about an opportunity for a WLO to be the co-chair of the Gender-Based Violence (GBV) working group (known in Somalia as the GBV Reference Group) at sub-national level in Gedo. The selection process for the WLO to assume that role was not competitive, given that there were no other WLOs working in the region of DolloGedo. Initially, Trócaire held conversations with ADA to determine their level of interest. Once contracted, ADA appointed a staff member who could assume leadership in the coordination role. Although ADA was a member of the WASH Cluster in Elwak, this was the first time for ADA to be involved in GBV coordination, as the Gedo GBV working group sat in Dollo town, which is a considerable distance from ADA’s location in Elwak in Gedo region. At the outset of this initiative, the GBV Working Group in Dollo-Gedo was co-chaired by SocioEconomic Development and Human Rights Organization (SEDHURO) and Trócaire, neither of which were WLOs. As a result of this project, Trócaire stepped back from the role and ADA became a co-chair of this working group, alongside SEDHURO.