By UNDP, Abrehet Issac (59) is passionate about environment conservation. She led 5 groups of women who undertook a cumbersome task of digging, ferrying stones and planting trees at the Mai Nefhi catchment area. “The ground was very hard and our hands were bleeding, but we were committed to finishing the work that we had […]
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By Embassy Media (EMWG), ERITREAN women in the United Kingdom (showed their solidarity) celebrated the International Women Day in London, Birmingham, Sheffield, Coventry, Nottingham and Manchester amid a variety of cultural activities, music poetry and other presentations. “Strengthen the efforts of Food Security, defeat the sanctions” became the resounding message of the moment in all […]
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By Eritrea Mission – UN, STATEMENT delivered by the President of the National Union of Eritrean Women (NUEW), H.E. Ms. Tekea Tesfamichael, during the fifty-ninth session of the Commission on the Status of Women on review and appraisal of the implementation of the Beijing declaration and platform for action at the United Nations Headquarters in New […]
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By Eritrea Mission and UNCT, INTRODUCTION: Eritrea with 1200km coastline and more than 300 islands in the Red Sea is strategically situated in the eastern part of Africa. It joined the international community in 1993 following liberation from Ethiopian colonialism in 1991 through an arduous thirty-year armed struggle. The socio-economic character of the Eritrean population […]
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By Eritrea Mission and UNCT, ON the occasion of the 59th Session of the Commission on Status of Women, the Permanent Mission of Eritrea to the United Nations together with the UN Country Team (UNCT) will organise a side event on Monday March 16, 2015 at the UN headquarters in New York. Women are disproportionately […]
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By UNDP, WOMEN have been key players in Eritrea’s nation building process, from their invaluable participation in the country’s independence struggle to their ongoing contributions to the development agenda. Inspired by this powerful legacy, the Government of the State of Eritrea has made the empowerment of women a national priority, and committed to a development […]
Continue ReadingBy Eritrean Mission to the AU and UNECA, THE Nineteenth Edition of ‘Eri-News’, a bi-weekly electronic newsletter prepared by the Press Section at the Permanent Mission of the State of Eritrea to the AU and UNECA, is out today. In this edition, several topics including FM’s Call for an end to illegal occupation and lifting […]
Continue ReadingBy Embassy Media, A MEDIA Forum has been held on Saturday (20th) at the Information and Communication Office of the Embassy of the State of Eritrea in London, UK. The forum attracts the participation of Embassy staffs, Heads of National Organisation such as PFDJ, NUEW, YPFDJ, ERIPN, ESMT, EMWG and SMUK; Social Media, and Lobby Group including Heads of […]
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