Welcome to Eritrea. Eritrean women represented 30 percent of the Eritrean People's Liberation Front (EPLF) during the 30-year war for independence. The war was fought against Ethiopian forces to reestablish Eritrean sovereignty from Ethiopian annexation.

2024年2月5日 · Eritrean women today hold governmental positions and get empowerment through freedom of land ownership, amongst other gender equality reforms outlined in the country’s constitution. According to a 2020 report by the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW), women occupied 22% of the parliament …

Globally, some progress on women’s rights has been achieved. In Eritrea, the adolescent birth rate is 0.9 per 1,000 women aged 15–19 as of 2008, down from 1.32 per 1,000 in 2007. As of February 2024, NaN% of seats in parliament were held by women.

2023年4月8日 · Eritrea’s journey to greater and genuine gender equality began during the struggle for independence. The EPLF has undertaken major social, economic, cultural and political reforms that helped in transforming its members and the entire population.

2024年12月2日 · Since winning its independence three decades ago, some of Eritrea’s leading priorities have been advancing gender equality, empowering women and girls, and promoting and protecting their human rights.

The National Union of Eritrean Women (NUEW) was established in 1979 as one of the mass organizations of the Eritrean People’s Liberation Front. In its current form, the NUEW is an autonomous non-governmental organization dedicated to improving the status of Eritrean women.

2017年3月8日 · Women played an important role in the struggle for independence, both on the frontline, and within the non-military departments and mass organizations of the two major liberation fronts. Some estimate that nearly 30 percent of the EPLF’s membership was comprised of women, many of who joined the movement as early as the 1970s.

2023年3月15日 · Eritrea ratified and signed the Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination Against Women in 1995, and it has established national laws and firm enforcement measures to help protect women from harmful practices such as Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) and underage marriage.