August 2022

NEWA in collaboration with OXFAM Ethiopia has conducted a half day consultation dialogue NEWA in collaboration with OXFAM Ethiopia has conducted a half day consultation dialogue on “Unpaid Care and Domestic Work” on August 23, 2022. Representatives of women rights organizations, relevant government offices and international partners participated in the discussion.

NEWA provided a two days capacity Building Training at Adama Town NEWA provided a two days capacity Building Training on ‘Political Leadership and Decision-Making Skills for Female Members of the House of People’s representative in partnership with DemoFinland at Adama.

NEWA in partnership with UN Women Ethiopia & Project Expedite Justice conducted four days capacity building training for women lead organizations, women rights organizations, and different government & CSOs representatives Network of Ethiopian Women’s Associations in partnership with UN Women Ethiopia & Project Expedite Justice conducted four days capacity building training for women lead organizations, women rights organizations, and different government & CSOs representatives who are operating in Amhara Regional States, South Wollo Zone. The first two days of training were focused on identifying sexual & gender-based violence (SGBV) risks and engaging in SGBV mitigation strategies, referral pathways, and community-level protection mechanisms. The last two days of the training covered how to develop locally relevant tools to monitor SGBV prevention and mitigation strategies and engage in participatory safety audits at the community level. The trainings are part of the CERF project implementation funded by the UN Women Ethiopia. The training was conducted in Dessie town from July 26-29 2022.

NEWA in collaboration with UN Women Ethiopia, Conducted a two days familiarization workshop The Network of Ethiopian Women’s Associations (NEWA) in collaboration with UN Women Ethiopia, Conducted a two days familiarization workshop on the five-year strategic plan and national costed road map to end child marriage and FGM with different Oromia Regional States Bureau representatives in Adama town. Ms. Fikir Zelalem Deputy Attorney General, Oromia Regional State Attorney General officially opened the two days workshop with an expectation to work closely with all sectors including the CSO. Following that, Ms. Mieraf Tesfayesus Acting Director of Women, Children and Crosscutting Directorate, Ministry of Justice is presenting the five-year strategic plan and national costed road map to end child marriage and the participants are discussing on the application of the strategy (document adaptation, translation responsible organ for monitoring, means of monitoring, and evaluation. The familiarization workshop will continue tomorrow.