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NEWA in collaboration with Oxfam organized a half-day policy brief on the gaps and progress of unpaid care and domestic work. Network of Ethiopian Women’s association in collaboration with Oxfam organized a half-day policy brief on the gaps and progress of unpaid care and domestic work. At the opening representative from the state minister of women’s and social affairs Ms. Zebider Bogale and executive directress of NEWA, Saba G/medihin welcomed and briefed the participants about the objectives of the dialogue. The workshop aimed at to give policy briefings to the government and private sectors on the gaps and the outcomes received towards unpaid care and domestic work. It  encouraged networking and collaboration among the government and private sectors.

NEWA in collaboration with Timran facilitated a two days Training of Trainers on awareness creation about gender inclusion in the National Dialog Under the coalition of Women’s Voice for the National Dialogue, the Network of Ethiopian Women’s Association (NEWA) in collaboration with Timran facilitated a two days Training of Trainers on awareness creation about gender inclusion in the National Dialogue. During the opening of NEWA & Timeran’s EDs, Mrs. Saba Gebremedhin & Mrs. Eyerusalem Solomon welcomed the participants from all the regions & special thanks and welcome goes to the Tigray Delegation who joined the national training platforms for the first time after two & half years! The directors also addressed the participants on the background and objectives of the Coalition of Women’s Voice in the National Dialogue & why gender-inclusive national dialogue and why is important to build facilitation skills for the national dialogue. Ethiopian National Dialogue Commission, Commissioner Blen Gebremedhin, deliver the keynote speech, & in her keynote speech she welcomed the delegation team from Tigray & also recognize this is the first national training platform that includes Tigray region participants after a while. Commissioner Blen briefed on how the ND Commission is working toward an inclusive national dialogue & the ND commission’s discussion with Coalition for Women’s Voice for National Dialogue & opened the training officially.

Women’s development and rights organizations made a press statement demanding action against acid attacks on women Women’s development and rights organizations made a press statement on February 2 demanding action against acid attacks on women and girls. The statement was read by w/o Zertihun Teferra director of Siqqe Women’s and co-signed by Network of Ethiopian Women’s Association and others.  

Training on Sexual gender-based violence risks and engaging in GBV mitigation strategies NEWA is implementing a project entitled “Preventing and Responding for SGBV in selected districts Amhara and Afar Regional States” As part of the project activity, the Network of Ethiopian Women’s Association (NEWA) in collaboration with the UN Women in Ethiopia was facilitating a two days training for women-led organizations (WLOs) and women’s rights organizations (WROs) in developing locally relevant tools to monitor sexual gender-based violence prevention and mitigation strategies at the community level. The training aimed at mitigating, preventing, and responding to SGBV in crisis-affected communities. The training was held at Harmony Hotel, Adiss Ababa on January 12-13, 2023.

Sensitization training on unpaid care and domestic work for stakeholders from the public and private sectors. Network of Ethiopian Women’s Association (NEWA) in partnership with OXFAM Ethiopia facilitated a two days training for public and private sector representatives on unpaid care and domestic work. The training was focused on addressing how unpaid care and domestic works affect women’s participation at all levels, and also emphasized issues on awareness creation and behavioral change in unpaid care and domestic work. Apart from this, the training also encourages networking among private and public sectors on care agendas, and inputs were collected on better coordinating the public and private sectors on unpaid care and domestic work agendas. The participants were very interactive. The trainer Mr. Eniyew Tamiru, who is from the Ministry of Women and Social Affairs (MoWSA) presented conceptual clarity on unpaid care and domestic work. The training was held at Radisson Blue, Adiss Ababa on January 11-12, 2023.

DISCUSSION ON BUILDING COMMON INFLUENCING AGENDAS ON UNPAID CARE AND DOMESTIC WORK Network of Ethiopian women’s Associations in collaboration with Oxfam Ethiopia organized a half-day discussion for Women’s Rights organizations, Youth groups, and Caregivers. The main aim of the forum was to reach a common influencing agenda on Unpaid care and domestic work. Apart from reaching a common influencing agenda, the workshop aims to change the attitude of all stakeholders about unpaid care and domestic work and to make them aware of the issue in Ethiopia a true representation of urban and rural areas through a panel discussion and the inclusiveness of care agendas in policies. The discussion was held at Harmony Hotel on December 23, 2022.

The Ethiopian Young Women’s Voice (EYWV) Launched Young women representing almost all region, forty (40) attended the three days conference that formed the Ethiopian Young Women Voice. Day-One, began with young women’s representatives from regions and city administrations interacting through storytelling and experience sharing. These young women also received training on movement building by Terre Des Hommes Netherlands and motivational speech on intentional development. The training helps young women improve their competence, capacity, and performance and gain knowledge and new skills. Day Two: The young women received a training on youth advocacy. This improves the skills to speak for themselves, demand their rights and asks. Later on, the young women consciously deliberated on the existing legal and socio-economic situation of the young women and girls and identified their concerns and asks. Then, the young women started their high-level advocacy action as right holders and presented their demands and asks to the relevant Ministries and Commission, as duty bearers during the interface meeting. In the interface meeting the Ministry of Women and Social Affairs; Plan and Development Commission; Health; Education and Finance have attended and responded to the young women demands and asks. Those unanswered demands and asks will be addressed in the future as agreed upon. Day Three: The young women discussed on drafted memorandum of understanding (MOU), made amendments and approved it. As per the MOU, they elected Seven-Members technical committee to coordinate and manage the future actions of EYWV under the auspices of NEWA. At last, the representatives of Ethiopian young women from all folks of society warmly established their Voice. The establishment of the long awaited Ethiopian Young Women’s Voice, the first of its kind was celebrated. The event was held for three days from 9:00PM to 5:00PM on December 8-10, 2022 at the Mosaic Hotel

High-level panel discussion on Transitional Justice and Effective Remedy for Conflict-Related Gender Based Violence Reflections on the work of the Inter-Ministerial Taskforce (IMTF) to Oversee Redress and Accountability for Human Rights Violations in the Northern Ethiopia Conflict organized by Network of Ethiopian Women’s Associations (NEWA) and UN Women in collaboration with Ethiopian Human Rights Commission (EHRC) at Harmony Hotel. The discussion is being attended by Mr. Schadrack Dusabe, deputy country representative of the UN Women, H.E Commissioner Meskerem Geset, Ethiopian Human Rights Commission representatives of Ministry of Justice, Ministry of Women and Social Affairs and CSOs.

Discussion on workplace harassment and discrimination facing women Network of Ethiopian Women’s Associations (NEWA) and OXFAM Ethiopia in collaboration with Addis Ababa Women, Children and Social Affairs Bureau (AABoWCSA), Ethiopian Human Rights Commission (EHRC), Confederation of Ethiopian Trade Unions (CETU), Ethiopian Women’s Rights Advocates (EWRA),  organized  discussion on workplace harassment and discrimination facing women in different sectors. The discussion was held at Inter Luxury Hotel on December 08,2022

NEWA Moderated a Discussion at the European Union in Ethiopia NEWA moderated a discussion at the European Union in Ethiopia #16DaysOfActivismAgainstGenderBasedViolence event on local civil societies organization SGBV intervention in Afar & SNNP regional states and sociocultural challenges.