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2005
U.N.
Investigates Alleged Sexual Abuse by Peacekeepers in Eritrea
April 14, 2005 -(Deutsche Presse Agentur) The U.N. Mission monitoring
the disputed border between Ethiopia and Eritrea disclosed Thursday
that it has set up a committee to investigate allegations of sexual
abuse which Eritrean women have made against Mission peacekeepers
and civilian staff.
2004
Women
Benefit from the NUEW Projects
November 6, 2004 - (Shaebia.org) Letay Gilazghi is one of the women
in Zoba Maekel who have benefited from the income-generation project
of the National Union of Eritrean Women (NUEW). Earlier, Letay,
who lives in Shemangus-La’elay, had no knowledge that the
NUEW gives loans to needy women so that whey will be self-supporting.
SILVER
JUBILEE OF THE NATIONAL UNION OF ERITREAN WOMEN
June 24, 2004 – (Shaebia.org) With more than 200,000 members,
the National Union of Eritrean Women (NUEW) leads the way in promoting
the economic, social, cultural and political position of women in
Eritrean society.
RESPECTED
IN BATTLE, OVERLOOKED AT HOME
April 4, 2004 – (Washington Post) Lounging in his easy chair
as coffee roasted over a charcoal heater and knots of underwear
soaked in a bucket, Yemane Abreah watched his wife pour him a glass
of homemade alcoholic juice, serve him some spongy injera bread
and ready their son for school.
2003
RAPE,
HUNGER AND HOMELESSNESS
November 1, 2003 – (The Guardian) I am an asylum seeker from
Eritrea. At home I was placed in detention because I am a Jehovah's
Witness, a religion that is unacceptable to practise in my country.
In jail I was raped and beaten so badly that I still have problems
walking. I fled to England when I was released for one reason only
- I believed that here I would be safe.
ERITREAN
WOMAN FLIES TO ETHIOPIA AND ASKS FOR POLITICAL ASYLUM
January 24, 2003 – (Addis Tribune - Addis Ababa) The UN have
launched an investigation after an Eritrean woman at the peacekeeping
mission in Asmara used a UN helicopter to fly to Ethiopia and ask
for political asylum to be granted to her. Rosa Abraham, who is
in her 20s and worked for the UN's peacekeeping Mission in Ethiopia
and Eritrea (UNMEE), asked for political asylum at the weekend,
diplomatic sources said.
PEACEKEEPER
JAILED FOR PORN FILMS
January 23, 2003 - (The Scotsman) An Irish soldier serving as a
United Nations peacekeeper in Eritrea has been caught making pornographic
videos of local women and is now serving a jail sentence in Ireland,
it was revealed last night.
2002
PORN
SCANDAL ROCKS
ERITREAN PEACE FORCE: THE UN FORCE IS KEEPING THE PEACE WITH ETHIOPIA
December 20, 2002 – (BBC) A sex scandal has again troubled
the United Nations peacekeeping mission to Eritrea and Ethiopia
(UNMEE).
UNICEF
AIMING TO GET MORE GIRLS INTO SCHOOL
December 4, 2002 – (IRIN) Ethiopia and Eritrea are to be targeted
in a major initiative aimed at getting girls into schools, the United
Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) has announced.
DEMOBILISATION
PILOT PHASE COMPLETED
July 2, 2002 – (IRIN) Nearly 3,600 female soldiers were discharged
from the Eritrean army last week, bringing to an end the pilot phase
of the national demobilisation and reintegration process (DRP).
VULNERABLE
CHILDREN AND WOMEN AT RISK
June 11, 2002 – (IRIN) The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)
in Eritrea has warned that it is facing a serious shortfall in funding
for this year, putting vital work with vulnerable women and children
at risk.
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