Free Tsegaye Debteraw !! 
Read more here http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/16/us/16asylum.html?ref=politics
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| IEWO Forum Paltalk discussion topic for Saturday 22 August and 23 August 2009 will be What we Ethiopians in Diaspora in general and IEWO in particular could do to stop human trafficking in Ethiopia and change the horrible situation Ethiopians are facing in the Middle East countries. |
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Trafficking in Persons Report 2009 - Ethiopia ETHIOPIA (Tier 2) Ethiopia is a source country for men, women, and children trafficked primarily for the purposes of forced labor and, to a lesser extent, for commercial sexual exploitation. Rural Ethiopian children are trafficked for domestic servitude and, less frequently, for commercial sexual exploitation and forced labor in agriculture, traditional weaving, gold mining, street vending, and begging. Young women from all parts of Ethiopia are trafficked for domestic servitude primarily to Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, and the UAE, but also to Bahrain, Djibouti, Sudan, Syria, and Yemen. Djibouti, Egypt, and Somaliland are reportedly the main transit routes for trafficked Ethiopians. Some women are trafficked into the sex trade after arriving at their destinations. Small numbers of men are trafficked to Saudi Arabia and the Gulf States for low-skilled forced labor. While the number of registered labor migration employment agencies rose from 36 to 90 between 2005 and 2008, the government significantly tightened its implementation of regulations governing these agencies over the same period. This resulted in an increase in trafficked Ethiopians transiting neighboring countries rather than traveling directly to Middle Eastern destinations.... |
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| A young Ethiopian girl was gang raped and murdered in United Arab Emirates. | ||
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IEWO Pictures at events of ESFNA Chicago 2009 Click here to see more pictures
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ምጽአት (New poem)By: cosmos-2000, June 2009ካገሩ የወጣ አገሩ እስኪመለስ...መባሉን እያወቀችያልፍልኛል ብላ ሕፃን ልጇን አቅፋ ስደትን መረጠች::መከራ በዝቶባት መምረጥ ተገደደች ካለመኖር መኖርከሰው ላይ ሰው ጭነው በታንኳ ታጭቃ ወደ ውጭ ስትበርሜዲትራንያን ግብር አስከፈለ ቀንቶ በቀይ ባሕር::ወያኔን ቢጠሉ ሄዱ ወደ ስደት ውሃው ይብላን ብለውከሞት እየሸሹ ወደሞት ይጓዟል ይሏችኋል ይህ ነው::
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አስፋው ፈለቀና እጅጋየሁ ያለው በጦርነቱም በድሉም ያልተለያዩ ጀግና ባልና ሚስት (አዲስ ዘመን ጋዜጣ፡ ምን ሰርተው ታወቁ ? አዘጋጅ ነብዩ እያሱ)
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Eight Ethiopian Maids Poisoned in the UAE |
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Eight Ethiopian domestic workers are believed to have been murdered by poisoning in the United Arab Emirates . Sources at the Ethiopian embassy in the UAE told the Gulf News that eight female maids had been poisoned by a compatriot maid last Wednesday in an apartment in Sharjah, the largest city in the third largest emirate of the country. The woman accused of killing the eight domestic workers is said to be held in the emirate's central jail, but Sharjah police have publicly denied reports of the multiple murders, calling them "just rumors." The embassy sources said the police had reported the incident to them, but were still investigating the motive behind the killings. To read more click kere ... http://www.themedialine.org/news/news_detail.asp?NewsID=25789 |
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New Policy Permits Asylum for Battered Women Published: July 15, 2009
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IEWO Forum’s this coming weekend discussion program. Sunday the 5th of July our gust will be Prof Mesfin Araya. All ethiopians are invited to join IEWO forum in paltalk |
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| ተቃውሞ , ትግል እንዲህ ነው ውይ ?
ትክክለኛው ይሀ ነው ባይባልም በግምት ግን የአስብነው፣ በሃገራችን ችገር ላይ አስትዋጽኦ ማድረግ የፍልግነው፣ እንደጠበቅነው ሆኖ ስላላገኘነው ብዙም ነገር ፍሬ አልባ ሆኖብንም ይመስላል ካለመግባባታችን አልፎ በአሁኑ ጊዘ እናውቀዋለን ብለን ከምናስብው ኢትዮጵያዊ የማይጠበቁ መስማት የሌለባቸው የጽሁፍም እንዲሁም በየፓልቶኩ የምናዳምጣቸው ማክተምያቸው የማይታወቅ ጦርነቶች የምናውቀውን የኢትዮጵያዊነት ጨዋነት ቦታ ይዘው ይገኛሉ። “ ተቃውሞ, ትግል እንዲህ ነው ውይ ?” በሚል ርዕስ እንደ መንደርደሪያ በማድረግ በፓልቶክ መወያያ ክፍላችን በመገኘት ያወያዩናል» Links to selected articles which we consider relevant for our up coming discussion. |
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This week's IEWO Paltalk Forum discussion will focus on The Disarming Domestic Violence campaign will be launched around the world during this year's Global Week of Action Against Gun Violence (15-21 June 2009). Disarming Domestic Violence is the first international campaign to protect women from gun violence in the home. The main goal is to ensure that anyone with a history of domestic abuse is denied access to a firearm, or have their licenses revoked
Links to read for the discussion http://www.awid.org/eng/Women-in-Action/Announcements2/IANSA-Women-s-Network-Disarming-Domestic-Violence-Campaign
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Interantional Ethiopian Women's Organisation (IEWO) leadership member Weizero Mulu Ayele reports how the Ethiopian Community in Rome exposes Italian crimes of war with anti-fascist Italians. Article from the Debate on the crimes of Italian colonialism in Ethiopia Friday April 24, 2009 in Rome with the participation of Ms Mulu Ayele, chairperson of the Ethiopian Community in Italy |
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| An interview with W/O Asegedech Asefa | ||
IEWO Forum will be interviewing W/O Asegedech Asefa who was among the 1st to pilot an airplane solo and participate in activities which were not avaiable to women in those early days. Newly posted |
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| A recorded audio of W/o Genet Ayele’s an exclusive interview with Tilahun Gessesse from Sunday the 3rd of May at IEWO Forum | ||
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IEWO Forum will be presenting an exclusive interview of Tilahun Gessesse on Sunday the 3rd of May. W/o Genet Ayele, a journalist who had interviewed the famous singer in view of writing his biography will be our guest of the day. What the great artist had to say about his childhood and his very first songs will be broad casted. This interview, which hasn’t been heard so far will be aired for the first time in our room. This historical interview with the late artist will tell us a lot about his life from his own account. Thus IEWO will be commemorating his lifetime work. Sunday the 3rd of May At 10 am Eastern Time, 16:00 in Europe, in the Paltalk sector of Ethiopians in the International Ethiopian Women's Organization Forum IEWO/AESED |
ዓ . ኢ . ሴ . ድ . የፓልቶክ ፎረም፣ ጋዜጠኛ ገነት አየለ ከአርቲስት ጥላሁን ገሰሰ ጋር ያደረጉትንና ከዚህ በፊት ያልተደመጠ ቃለ መጠይቅ ዕሁድ May 3, 2009 ያቀርባል፣ ወ/ሮ ገነት አየለ የጥላሁን ገሰሰን የሕይወት ታረክ ለመፃፍ ተስማምተው ቀደም ብለው ቃለ ምልልስ አድርገውለት ነበር። ስለሆነም ወ/ሮ ገነት እንዴት በዚህ እንደተሰማሩና፣ በቅርብም ስለ ጥላሁን የሕይወት ታሪክ ከባለ ታሪኩ ለማወቅ የቻሉትን የሚያወያዩን ከመሆኑም በላይ፣ ካደረጉትም ታሪካዊና ለሕዝብ ጆሮ ያልደረሰውን ቃለ መጠይቅ ያስደምጡናል። በቃለ መጠይቁ አርቲስት ጥላሁን ስለ ልጅነቱ፣ ስለ መጀመሪያዎቹ ዘፈኖቹና ሌሎችም ሊያስተላልፍ የፈለገው መልክት የተካተተበት ሲሆን አብረን እንድናዳምጥ ዓ.ኢ.ሴ.ድ ለኢትዮዽያውያን በሙሉ ጥሪ ያደርጋል። የተወዳጁን ድምፃዊ ጥላሁን ገሰሰን ከዚህ ዓለም በሞት መለየት ምክንያት በማድረግ የተዘጋጀ የመታሰብያ ፕሮግራም ቀኑ May 3, 2009 ፣ ሰዓት 10 am Eastern Time, 16:00 in Europe ቦታ ዓ. ኢ. ሴ. ድ. የፓልቶክ ፎረም፣ International Ethiopian Women’s Organization Forum ዓ.ኢ.ሴ.ድ/ IEWO If you have problem reading the amharic fonts click here |
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Debate on the crimes of Italian colonialism in Ethiopia on Friday April 24, 2009 in Rome with the participation of Ms Mulu Ayele, chairperson of the Ethiopian Community in Italy. |
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Legendary singer Tilahun Gessesse dies at the age 68
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Ethiopia ’s most distinguished and beloved vocalist legend Tilahun Gesesse passed away on Sunday April 19, 2009 . Tilahun the father of the Ethiopian modern music who had inumerable hits in his memorable career straddling five decades, died of a suspected heart attack. Tilahun has died just hours after he returned to his beloved mother land from the United States , according to family sources. Tilahun was born on 29 September 1940 in Addis Ababa . His mother was Weizero Gete Gurmu and his father was Ato Gesesse Negussie. He started singing as a teenager and was considered the king of Ethiopian music. Ethiopians across the world have been expressing their deep condolences to his family, close relatives and friends. |
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80 Ethiopian women languish in Lebanon jail. |
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Ethiopia's orphans face life of hardship
Jonathan Clayton From Times Online April 4, 2009 The Ethiopian peasant farmer and his wife shuffled painfully into the orphanage. They were in the last stages of Aids and had only weeks to live. However, they were happy. They had heard the Franciscan nuns had found a home for their three children and had come to say farewell. “I am so happy, they are going to stay together,” the father, Solomon, whispered as he embraced a middle-aged Mormon couple from Salt Lake City, Utah. “Now, I can die peacefully. They will go to school in America and have a future. It is good they leave here.” As they embraced their two daughters, aged 8 and 6, for the last time the tears ran freely. Their four-year-old son did not appreciate the significance of the moment and ran off to play with friends. Sister Luthgarder, a seasoned veteran of such heart-rending adoptions, explained: “It is sad, but it is so rare they are kept together and so I am happy.” Only a week previously a brother and sister were separated: one going to Norway, the other to Canada. “The new parents said they would take them to see each other every year, but inevitably they will grow apart,” she said.
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Ethiopians protest against Meles at London ’s G20 meeting being held Thursday, April 9, 2009 . |
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