Federal Democratic COMMITTEE: UN WOMEN AGENDA: ENDING VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN AND GIRLS NAME OF DELEGATE: Ashwin Dhungana [1] OVERVIEW OF THE ISSUE
The country Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia is a landlocked country,
sharing the borders with Eritrea to the north, Djibouti to the northeast, Somalia to the East, Kenya to the South, South Sudan to the West, and Sudan to the Northwest.
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia is a country which faces a lot of women
assault, harassment and causes many women to move from one place to another because of online abuse death threats. The country is also experiencing domestic Violence against women and Dis equality in gender causing women and girls from fulfilling their economic, health, and social rights. According to the Ethiopian Demographic and Health Survey (2016), women aged 15-49, nearly one fourth (23 percent) have experienced physical violence while 10 percent have experienced sexual violence. At least one out of every three women (34 percent) in Ethiopia has experienced spousal violence. Despite some legislative and institutional measures, several factors continue to hamper women and girls to live a life free of violence. More than 100,000 women may have been raped during the two-year civil war in Ethiopia's northern Tigray region.
[2] Proposal
The country Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia has been facing the problems like rape, harassment, online abuse death threats causing many women to move from one place to another. The country also has been facing domestic violence against women dis equality in gender. These problems can be solved by raising voice against women rights not only in the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia but in other countries like this too, we need to believe women are no weak than men and give them the opportunities in education, employment and leadership. Community services like Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG) need to created, VAWG is one of the most systematic, widespread human rights violations faced globally. In Ethiopia, VAWG continues to be a major challenge and a threat to women’s empowerment and wellbeing like
[2] POSITION OF THE COUNTRY
the Ethiopian government has also created some organizations such as the Ethiopian Women Association (EWA) which mainly focuses on stopping some dangerous cultural practices done against women and girls like FGM which involves removing some parts of their private organs. The country has also added increased the maternity leave available from 90 to 120 days similar to that in the civil service. It has also included a definition of sexual harassment and applicable punishments.
