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NEWA in partnership with Demo Finland has organized and provided Political leadership and decision-making skill capacity-building training The Africa Day 2022: Agenda 2063 (The Africa we Want) commemoration event was organized on May 21 and 22 by organizing simulations under the theme “The Year of Nutrition: Strengthening Resilience in Nutrition and Food Security on the African Continent”. In the simulation participants were placed in two committees; Economic, Social and Cultural Council (ECOSOCC) and Africa Union Peace and Security Council (AU PSC), commissions and/or organs of the AU with an assigned country and role-play the actions and roles of that country. These countries are Member States of the African Union. In terms of debating topics, these are chosen prior to the simulation event so that countries are then able to appropriately organize themselves and draft the resolutions they wish to achieve. The topics were “The Role of Young women and men in Achieving Integrated, Prosperous, and Peaceful Africa” and “Harnessing the Continent’s Comparative Advantages through Agenda 2063 driven by its Citizens”. This encourages young women and girls to learn about the African Union Commission organs through the simulation sessions by role playing the positions of different African leaders working to tackle issues affecting and influencing the continent today. On the first day of the event May 21, 2022 the event was officially opened by an opening remark from Mrs Saba Gebremedhin, the executive directress of NEWA. After that there was a panel discussion on the role of GYW for the realization of Agenda 2063: The Africa we want; achieving integrated, prosperous and peaceful Africa. The participants were divided in to two groups designated to each committee and started the simulation session which continued to day two May 22, 2022. On the last day the simulation ended with a position paper from the Economic, Social and Cultural Council (ECOSOCC) committee. The outcome of the event is GYW strengthening their own agencies by taking on different countries’ leadership role that contributes to the objectives of one of the TdH NL projects which is She Leads: Enhancing the meaningful participation of GYW.

NEWA in partnership with Demo Finland has organized and provided Political leadership and decision-making skill capacity-building training Network of Ethiopian Women’s Associations (NEWA) in partnership with Demo Finland has organized and provided Political leadership and decision-making skill capacity-building training for female members of the Benshangul-Gummuz region council in Benshangul-Gummuz Assosa town.

NEWA, in partnership with UN Women Ethiopia CERF project, held a consultation Workshop on the Prevention, Protection of Women & Girls from all forms of violence

NEWA, in partnership with UN Women Ethiopia CERF project, held a consultation Workshop on the Prevention, Protection of Women & Girls from all forms of violence

NEWA, in partnership with UN Women Ethiopia CERF project, held a consultation Workshop on the Prevention, Protection of Women & Girls from all forms of violence

NEWA, in partnership with UN Women Ethiopia CERF project, held a consultation Workshop on the Prevention, Protection of Women & Girls from all forms of violence

NEWA conducted a two day experience sharing workshop on peace building and conflict resolution. The workshop is a continuation of a three-day training in January 2022.

Network of Ethiopian Women’s Associations, in collaboration with Oxfam In Ethiopia, held a consultation workshop Network of Ethiopian Women’s Associations, in collaboration with Oxfam In Ethiopia, held a consultation workshop with directors of the Gender and Planning Directorate of various government organizations on Gender Budgeting and Unpaid Care and Domestic Works. Directors of the Gender and Planning departments from various stakeholders and government organizations, discussed in detail gender budgeting and its impact on unpaid care and domestic work as well as the current gender budget allocation, gaps and solutions. One of the main points of the discussion was the non-inclusion of unpaid domestic work in the national economy and the exclusion of women, from the productive works which can be input for the macro-economy.  የኢትዮጵያ ሴቶች ማኅበራት ቅንጅት ከኦክስፋም ኢትዮጵያ ጋር በመተባበር በስርዓተ ፆታ በጀት አያያዝ ላይ እንዲሁም የበጀት አያያዝ በማይከፈልባቸው የቤት ውስጥ ስራዎች እና እንክብካቤዎች ላይ ያለው ተፅዕኖ በተመለከተ ከተለያዩ የመንግስት ተቋማት ከተውጣጡ የስርዓተ-ፆታ እና እቅድ ዳይሬክቶሬት ዳይሬክተሮች ጋር የመወያያ መድረክ አካሄዱ፡፡በውይይት መድረኩ ላይ ከተለያዩ ባለድርሻ እና በበጀት አያያዝ ላይ ከፍተኛ ድርሻ ካላቸው መንግስታዊ ተቋማት የተውጣጡ የስርዓተ ፆታ እና ዕቅድ ክፍሎች ኃላፊዎች ተገኝተው የማይከፈልባቸው የቤት ውስጥ ስራን እንዲሁም በስርዓተ-ፆታ በጀት አመዳደብ ላይ አሁን ያለበትን ሁኔታ፣ ያሉትን ክፍተቶች እና ክፍተቶችን ለመሙላት መደረግ ስላለባቸው ጉዳዮች በዝርዝር ተወያይተዋል፡፡ የማይከፈልባቸው የቤት ውስጥ ስራዎች በሃገር አቀፍ ደረጃ ባለው ኢኮኖሚ ምጣኔ ላይ አለመካተታቸው እና በማይከፈልባቸው ስራዎች ምክንያት በተለይም ሴቶች ከትርፋማው የኢኮኖሚ ስርአት እየተገለሉ መሆኑ የውይይት መድረኩ አንዱ ዋና ነጥብ ነበር፡፡

We – Care Social Media Campaign NEWA – OXFAM in Ethiopia ​ Global campaign brief: Imagine a gender equal world. A world free of bias, stereotypes and discrimination. A world that’s diverse, equitable, and inclusive. A world where difference is valued and celebrated. Together we can forge women’s equality. Collectively we can all #BreakTheBias. Celebrate women’s achievement. Raise awareness against bias. Take action for equality. 1 MARCH 6: the issues at hand According to the ILO, women in #Africa spend 3.4 more time in unpaid care work than men. Without addressing heavy and unequal unpaid care work, it will be near impossible to close the gender gap in the continent. This #IWD2022, let’s #BreakTheBias and create #LastingChange. እንደ ዓለም አቀፍ የሠራተኛ ድርጅት ዘገባ ከሆነ #በአፍሪካ ውስጥ ያሉ ሴቶች ከወንዶች በ3.4 እጥፍ ጊዜአቸውን  የማይከፈልበት እንክብካቤ ስራ በመስራት ያሳልፋሉ። ይህን እኩል ያልሆነ የማይከፈልበት እንክብካቤ ስራ ኡእመስራት ጫና ካልተቀረፈ በአህጉሪቱ ያለውን የስርዓተ-ፆታ ልዩነት ማስተካከል አይታሰቤ ነው። #አድሎአዊነትንእንስበር #ዘላቂ ለውጥ 1 MARCH 6: the issues at hand

GIMAC Presummit Session V NEWA is part of the panel on Addressing Unpaid Care and Domestic Work (UCDW) as the key to promoting reliable food systems and nutrition in Africa. NEWA is joined by Oxfam’s we care partners from Kenya and Zimbabwe NEWA highlighted Importance of voice and representation of women in leadership and decision making. It is imperative to ensure women’s voices are at the center of climate change, care and other discussion to address hunger and nutrition deficiency. GIMAC Presummit Session V GIMAC Presummit Session V GIMAC Presummit Session V GIMAC Presummit Session V