July 2022

NEWA in partnership with Oxfam in Ethiopia conducted a two days sensitization training on Unpaid Care & Domestic Work

NEWA in partnership with Oxfam in Ethiopia conducted a two days sensitization training on Unpaid Care & Domestic Work for F.D.R.E House of People Representatives elected women’s coccus members in Adama. Network of Ethiopian Women’s Associations in partnership with Oxfam in Ethiopia  conducted a two days sensitization training on Unpaid Care & Domestic Work for F.D.R.E House of People Representatives elected women’s coccus members in Adama town. Honorable Mrs Kimiya Jundi the women coccus chairwoman, in her opening remarks says “women are expected to do the care work as household chores in resulting little opportunities to participate in political and decision-making process. But women must have the same opportunities as men and promised to work hard for enabling policy frameworks on care economy”

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NEWA Conducted the two days of Capacity Building Training on ‘Political Leadership and Decision-Making Skills’

NEWA Conducted the two days of Capacity Building Training on ‘Political Leadership and Decision-Making Skills’ NEWA Conducted the two days of Capacity Building Training on ‘Political Leadership and Decision-Making Skills’ for 110 Female Members of the CaffeeOromia at Adama, Ethiopia in partnership with #DemoFinland. The training was given parallelly.

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NEWA in cooperation with The Ethiopia Office of the KOICA conducted a Consultative Meeting on Ethiopian Women’s Peacebuilding Initiatives.

NEWA in cooperation with The Ethiopia Office of the KOICA conducted a Consultative Meeting on Ethiopian Women’s Peacebuilding Initiatives. The Network of Ethiopian Women Associations (NEWA) in cooperation with The Ethiopia Office of the Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) conducted a Consultative Meeting on Ethiopian Women’s Peacebuilding Initiatives. The objective of the consultative meeting was to understand and learn the gaps in the current peace-building.In the meeting, the Amhara Women’s Association (AWA) and Mujejegua Loca Women Development Association (MLWDA) shared experiences and Reverend Mulunesh Jinebo shared grass-root experiences from the self-initiative on peacebuilding.

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NEWA is represented at The United Nations High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF)

NEWA is represented at The United Nations High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF) NEWA is represented at The United Nations High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF) by its Executive Directress Saba Gebremedhin at the UN HQ in New York. At the HLPF2022 side events Saba raised “ how it is critical to have a systemic response to tackle sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) and harmful traditional practices during the crisis, including providing girls in crisis with necessary psycho-social support.” The HLPF2022 will convene from 5-15 July under the auspices of the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), with a thematic focus on building back better from the COVID-19 pandemic “while advancing the full implementation of the #Agenda2030 for Sustainable Development.”

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NEWA provided a two days capacity Building Training at Adama Town

NEWA has organized the validation workshop of the study on the feedback and response of women towards COVID-19 and non-pharmaceutical interventions (NPIs), on June 29, 2022. NEWA has organized the validation workshop of the study on the feedback and response of women towards COVID-19 and non-pharmaceutical interventions (NPIs), on June 29, 2022. NEWA has done the study with the financial support of JSI Ethiopia. It is aimed to explore the status of the current responses and practices of women in taking the COVID -19 vaccines and in applying NPIs, and also the major reasons for the low response observed in this regard. Hence, the validation workshop has aimed to collect additional inputs and information from the participants so that to further enrich the study report. The study is done based on the data collected from women living in four regions, Addis Ababa, Oromia, Amhara, and Sidama.

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