Relevant News:

UNDP Corporate

Search UNDP Eritrea

Search UNDP Corporate

Women's Empowerment

The Government of the State of Eritrea has ratified the Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) in 1995.

Since its establishment in 1979 the National Union of Eritrean Women (NUEW) has played a major role in empowering the Eritrean women and fostering their participation in the national liberation movement and social justice. At present, the NUEW, a Non-Government Organization, is the sole organization mandated to serve as women’s machinery for the advancement of gender equality in the Country. In light of this, NUEW’s major entrusted functions, inter alia, include:

  • Elimination of all forms of discrimination against women and creation of conducive environment for women’s broad participation including promotion of women’s legal rights;
  • Eradicate illiteracy among women and enhance the quality of women’s life as well as the community at large;
  • Provide skills training and support women to be productive and creative national workforce;
  • Ensure increased women’s health, fight against harmful traditional practises and alleviate as well as socialize domestic chores; and
  • Conduct research on women’s issues and disseminate relevant information.

To achieve its entrusted responsibilities, NUEW is working in close cooperation with concerned government institutions, local/international NGOs and the community at large. Given the magnitude of its responsibilities, however, NUEW is faced with capacity constraints and lack of access to adequate resource allocations.

As the advancement of women and promotion of gender equality is one of the main UNDP development concerns, UNDP Eritrea has been working with NUEW since 1998. UNDP is supporting NUEW in human resource development initiatives in terms of training, provision of social services and enhancement of women’s participation in economic activities and self-employment. Under the on-going joint programme between UNDP and UNFPA, the specific areas of support extended to NUEW involve; viz.:

  • Carry out an organizational needs assessment and development of work procedure manuals;
  • Undertake analytical research and policy analysis from a gender perspective;
  • Develop and implement an advocacy strategy;
  • Develop the NUEW’s capacity to initiate strategic dialogue with the government and other stakeholders on gender issues;
  • Develop NUEW’s capacity to monitor, evaluate and respond to government policies, plans, programmes from gender perspective;
  • Develop and implement a resource mobilization strategy;
  • Manage NUEW regional centres including operational and development of financial manuals and job descriptions.

Closed Projects:

  1. 00056800 Joint programme on Gender equity
    This programme will also assist in developing human and institutional capacity to institutionalize gender equality and equity through effective implementation of National Gender Action Plan. This contributes to improving the knowledge and skills of institutions to mainstream and incorporate gender perspectives for planning and programming and develop the necessary analytical and methodological tools and mechanisms for monitoring and evaluation. In addition, the programme will strengthen NUEW's capacity to formulate and develop advocacy activities that enable the integration of gender concerns in different development programmes

Official Documents

Programme Documents

Jobs & Business

Our Finances & Operations


^ Back to top ^

Frequently Asked Questions · Contact Us · Copyright & Terms of Use · Information Disclosure Policy