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Africa at 50: Closing the Gender Gap
Mrs Ghennet Girma of the IEWO debating on France 24.
Listen to part 1 here
Listen to part 2 here
Forced Marriages in Ethiopia
Read Johenn Heri's article from the Independent on Ethiopia's forced marriages. "Kidnapped. Raped. Married. The extraordinary rebellion of Ethiopia's abducted wives", Wednesdey March 17, 2010.
IEWO Now in France
Read more about the International Ethiopian Women's Orgenization in France (in Amharic). |
Elections in Ethiopia on Sunday, May 23, 2010: A change of majority in power?
Click here to read the article by Christophe Boisbouvier, from Radio France International on May 18 2010.
The legislative elections in Ethiopia will take place on May 23 this year. Since the country has a parliamentary electoral system, the elections will be decisive. As in Great Britain, Ethiopia has a majoritarian first-past-the-post electoral system where the members of the parliament (House of People's Representatives) are elected on the basis of the majority of votes cast in constituencies and the power lies in the hands of the Prime Minister.
Although, the post as Prime Minister has been held by Meles Zenawi over 19 years and the likelihood for change do not seem to be great.
Ghennet Girma is a long-standing voice of the opposition and member of the Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Party. For many years, she has lived in exile in France.
EWLA Cuts 70 percent of its Staff Due to New Law
The Ethiopian Women Lawyers Association has laid off 70 percent of its employee and has been forced to reduce its activities due to shortage of funds, it was learnt.
Zenaye Tadesse, Managing Director of the association, told The Reporter that the shortage of money came about after the association re-registered as a local Non-Profit Organization (NGO) as per the new Charities and Societies Proclamation, which mandates 90 percent of its funds to be raised from local donors. Read more here.
IEWO at Paris Press Conference, CAPE May 3
A press conference on African women was held at CAPE (foreign press agency) in order to present the second edition of the book "Women who Moved Africa", a book which portrayed 52 women from 25 different African countries. The new edition's title (Femmes Africaines - Batisseuses d'avenir) could be translated into "African Women, builders of the future". Read more about the event in English or Amharic.
በፓሪስ ከተማ ወይዘሮ ገነት ግርማ ስለተገኙበት ጋዜጣዊ ጉባኤ Aጭር መግለጫ
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Free Birtukan Midiksa!
Birtukan Midiksa, a woman at the head of a political party (UDJ) in Ethiopia, a land lacking the rule of law, has been detained arbitrarily like thousands of political prisoners and is now suffering because of the incredibly horrible situations in the country's prisons.
IEWO/AESED calls on all opposition organizations in Ethiopia, Ethiopian humanitarian organizations as well as international organizations and institutions to denounce these abuses and call for urgent health access for Birtukan Midiksa.
Read IEWO's statement in English or Amharic. |
