Womens Organization Of Ethiopian, Womens rigths in Ethiopia
Although illegal, the abduction of women and girls as a form of marriage still is widely practiced in Oromiya regions and the SNNPRS. Forced sexual relationships often accompany most marriages by abduction, and women often are abused physically during the abduction. Abductions have led to conflicts between families, communities, and ethnic groups. International Ethiopian Women’s Organization- for Peace (IEWO) is an organization working to bring peace, respect of human rights by the current government of Ethiopia, which is a regime that is highly supported by foreign governments and donor institutions. Today in Ethiopia, economic, political and human rights are grossly violated across the country which will lead to further disruption and violence if it is allowed to continue. Culturally-based abuses including wife beating and marital rape are pervasive social problems. Societal abuse of young girls going to the Middle East and become victims of modern slavery as they are forced to live on prostitution or migrate to the Middle East to work as house servants and nannies, some of whom were abused, including sexually. There reportedly is a network of persons based in the tourism and import-export sectors who are involved heavily in soliciting potential clients, recruiting young girls, arranging travel, and fabricating counterfeit work permits, travel documents, and birth certificates. Non-governmental organisations (NGOs) in Ethiopia perform an important social, economic and political role. But a law passed by the country’s parliament in February 2009 is certain to stop much of the vital work that many of them do. Since the 1990s the space for expression of ideas and experiences has grown, but indications are that there is now a backtracking of commitments to freedoms of expression and association. The new legislation classifies civil society organisations in Ethiopia affirms that NGOs are crucial to the country’s economic, democratic and social development. It says that the resources mobilized by the organisations are immense and have benefitted the country tremendously economically. Between 2004 and 2008 the annual amount of money that NGOs brought into Ethiopia exceeded earnings for the exportation