NEWA with funding from the IDRC / CRDI is implementing a project titled “Coupling Unpaid Care and Domestic Work with Local Development Agenda for Improved Care Systems in Ethiopia”.
NEWA with funding from the IDRC / CRDI is implementing a project titled “Coupling Unpaid Care and Domestic Work with Local Development Agenda for Improved Care Systems in Ethiopia”. The Network of Ethiopian Women’s Associations (NEWA) with funding from the IDRC / CRDI International Development Research Centre (IDRC) under scaling care innovation program, is implementing a project titled “Coupling Unpaid Care and Domestic Work with Local Development Agenda for Improved Care Systems in Ethiopia.The primary focus of this project is unpaid care and domestic work, alongside the implementation of gender-inclusive policies and strategies in selected ministries with the aim to highlight the significant contribution of unpaid care and domestic work to national GDP by measuring the economic value to it, to inform policy makers, and to integrate gender-sensitive strategies into implementation.Based on the generated evidence, and to raise awareness and recognition of unpaid care and domestic work, to promote fair division of labor, reduce women’s workload, and ensure policymakers and decision-makers acknowledge unpaid care domestic work and care in their agendas, NEWA has prepared a one-day orientation training on February 3rd 2026 at Sapphire Hotel, Addis Ababa, on gender mainstreaming with unpaid care and domestic work (UCDW) and intersectionality approach.This forum is designed to strengthen gender mainstreaming policy and strategy implementation and thereby advance gender equality and women empowerment.The participants of this form are from Government, CSO’s and international non-government organization, experts in gender mainstreaming and inclusivity.