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ብዕለት 07-06-2015 ካብ ሰዓት 14.00 ክሳዕ 17.30 ድሕሪ ቀትሪ ጨንፈር ፍራንክፈርትን ከባቢኡን ኣብቲ ልሙድ መኤከቢኡ Kirch Platz Bockenheim ዕዉት ኣኼባ ኣካይዱ። ኣኼባ ብሓው ሓጂ ሳልሕ ስዒድ ኣቦ መንበር ጨንፈር ዝቐረበ ናይ እንቋዕ ብደሓን መጻእኩም መልእኽቲ ኢዩ ተኸፊቱ። ቀጺሉ፡ ዛዕባታት ኣኼባ እንታይ ምዃኖም ብዝርዝር ንኣኼበኛታት ሓቢሩ።

ቀጺሉ፡ ሓው መንግስትኣብ ኣስመሮም፡ ኣቦ መንበር ሰልፊ ዲሞክራሲ ህዝቢ ኤርትራ (ሰዲህኤ)፡ ኣብዚ ኣኼባ ብምርካብ ብዛዕባ መበል 24 ዓመት በዓል ናጻነት ኤርትራ ሰፊሕ መግለጺ ሂቡ። ሓው መንግስተኣብ፡ ናይ ዮሃና መልእኽቱ ድሕሪ ምትሕልላፍ፡ ህዝብና ዝኸፈሎ ከቢድ መስዋእቲ ብሃገራዊ ናጽነት ምዝዛሙ ክብሪ፡ ሓጕስን ፍስሃን ይስምዓና፤ ንናጽነትና ከነስተማቕርን ብሰላምን ፍትሕን ክነብር ዘይምኽኣልናን በሽሓት ዝቝጸሩ ኤርትራውያን መንእሰያት ሃገሮም ራሕሪሖም ክወጹን ግዳይ ምድረ-በዳ፡ ባሕርታትን ነጋዶ ደቂ ሰባትን ምዃኖም ድማ ሓዘን ይስምዓና ኢሉ።   ነቲ ሰፍ ዘይብል መስዋእቲ ዝተኸፍሎ ነጻነት ብስርዓት ህግዲፍ ስለ ዝተቐጽየ ህዝብና ኣብ ሕማቕ መነባብሮን ሕማምን ድኽነትን ሻቕሎትን ወዲቑ ይርከብ።  

ካብ'ዚ በላዕ ሰብ ዝዀነ ስርዓት ንምግልጋል፡ ኵሉ ኤርትራዊ ብሓፈሻ፡ መንእሰያት ድማ ብፍላይ፡ ከም'ቲ ሓደ ኢድ ኰይኑ ኣንጻር ባዕዳዊ መግዛእቲ ብጽንዓት ተቓሊሱ ናጽነት ዘምጽአ፤ ሕጂ'ውን ኤርትራውያን ሓደ ኢድ ኰይኖም፡ ነዚ ዲክታቶርያዊ ስርዓት ኣውዲቖም ብዲሞክራስያዊ ስርዓት ክትክእዎ ቃል ዝኣትውሉ ዕለት ክኸውን ይግባእ ኢሉ።

ብድሕሪዚ፡ ንጨንፈር ፍራንክፈርትን ከባቢኡን ወኪሎም ኣብ ካልኣይ ጕባኤ ሰዲህኤ ዝሳተፉ ኣባላት ብዲሞክራስያዊ ኣገባብ ካብ ኣኼበኛታት ተመሪጾም። ነዚ ምርጫ'ዚ ንምክያድ ዝተመርጸት ሰክረታርያ፡ ብኣቦ መንበርነት ንጉሰ ጸጋይ ትምራሕ ኰይና፡ ኣሕዋት ኣፍወርቂ ኣባይን ሰለሙንን ድማ ኣባላታ ኢዮም።

ስዒቡ፡ ዝተዘርበሎም ዛዕባታት፡ ብዛዕባ'ቲ ካብ 31 ሓምለ ክሳብ 2 ነሓሰ 2015 ኣብ ፍራንክፈርት ዝካየድ ፈስቲቫልን፣ ከምኡ'ውን፡ ብዛዕባ'ቲ ብ26 ሰነ 2015 ኣብ ጅነቭ ዝግበር ሰላማዊ ሰልፊ ክግበር ዘለዎ ምድላዋት ነበረ። ኣብ ክልቲኡ'ዚ ተረኽቦታት'ዚ፡ ሰፊሕ ተሳትፎ ናይ ህዝቢ ንምርግጋጽ ጽዑቕ ምንቅስቓስን ጐስጓስን ክግበር ከምዝግባእ ድማ ተሓቢሩ።

ኣብ መወዳእታ፡ ኣኼበኛታት ናይ ሕቶን መልስን ርእይቶን ዕድል ተኸፊትሎም፡ ዝተፈላለዩ ሕቶታት፡ ርእይቶታትን ለበዋታትን ኣቕሪቦም። ኣኼባ ድማ፡ ብዝኽሪ ናይ ሰማእታት ተዛዚሙ።

في الخامس والعشرين من مايو 2015م عقد وفد حزب الشعب الديمقراطي الارتري المكون من كلٍّ من الأخ الرئيس/ منقستئاب أسمروم ومسئول العلاقات الخارجية الأخ/ ولد يسوس عمار والأخت/ آديام تفرَّا عضو إدارة مكتب الشؤون التنظيمية والأخ/ محاري تسفاماريام عضو إدارة مكتب العلاقات الخارجية، عقد الوفد اجتماعاً جماهيرياً مفتوحاً بمدينة روتردام الهولندية.

الأخ/ محاري تسفاماريام افتتح الاجتماع معرفاً الجمهور بأعضاء الوفد وموضحاً أن الاجتماع سوف يتناول الأوضاع الارترية الراهنة علي كل الأصعدة بالإضافة لتناول موضوع حضور الوفد ومشاركته في لقاء أحزاب التحالف التقدمي الأممي.

الأخ/ منقستئاب أسمروم رئيس الحزب في البدء هنأ المجتمعين وسائر الشعب الارتري بذكرى الاستقلال ثم شرح الأوضاع المزرية داخل الوطن بالإضافة الي تناول للعمل المشترك لكل القوى الارترية المحبة للديمقراطية والاستقرار في ارتريا.

مسئول العلاقات الخارجية الأخ/ ولد يسوس عمار تناول بإسهاب أنشطة الحزب الدبلوماسية وما يواجهها من تحديات. ثم تناول قضية اللاجئين والمهاجرين الارتريين ومجهودات الحزب في تخفيف معاناة ومآسي أولئك اللاجئين.

الأخت/ آديام تفرَّا تناولت موضوع وشعار الملتقى الأممي لتحالف الأحزاب التقدمية والذي كرس أعمال ملتقاه هذا لموضوع مساواة الجنس عملاً لا قولاً. حديث تفرا اشتمل علي كثافة المشاركة في ذلك الاجتماع، الموضوعات التي نوقشت في الملتقى، ما صدر عنه من قرارات، هذا فضلاً عن تناولها لمشاركة وفد الحزب في الملتقى وتحركاته وأنشطته فيه.

عقب ذلك أتيحت الفرصة للأسئلة والاستفسارات والتعليقات من الحضور، حيث تدفقت علي المنصة أسئلة وتحليلات وتعليقات عميقة وغنية أثرت الاجتماع وأعطته لوناً وطعماً فريداً. كما أوصى المجتمعون الوفد بالاستمرار في عقد مثل هذه الاجتماعات التنويرية الشاملة والمهمة. وأنهى الاجتماع أعماله بالوقوف دقيقة حداد علي أرواح الشهداء.

في السادس والعشرين من مايو 2015م التقى وفد حزب الشعب الديمقراطي الارتري المكون من كلٍّ من الأخ الرئيس/ منقستئاب أسمروم ومسئول العلاقات الخارجية الأخ/ ولد يسوس عمار والأخ/ محاري تسفاماريام عضو إدارة مكتب العلاقات الخارجية، التقى الوفد سكرتارية العلاقات الخارجية لحزب العمال الهولندي المكونة من تيم فونك ومكئيل برخت، حيث تناول معهما أنشطة الحزب وقضايا ومعاناة الشعب الارتري بالداخل والخارج.

وفد الحزب ناشد المسئولين الهولنديين أن تدعم الدول الاوربية اللاجئين الارتريين المتواجدين باثيوبيا والسودان تعليمياً وفنياً وصحياً. وأن تقدم الدعم المادي والمعنوي للمنظمات السياسية والمدنية الارترية المعارضة المقيمة بالخارج، وأن ترعى حقوق اللاجئين الارتريين بها. كما ذكر الوفد أن تقديم الدعم للأنظمة الدكتاتورية يطيل من أعمارها ويضاعف مأساة ومخاطر تدفق سيل الهجرة واللجوء الي الغرب.    

The UN Commission of Inquiry released an advance report of its findings on Monday, 8 June, that the Eritrean government is still committing “systematic, widespread and gross human rights violations” against its own people and that some of these violations may constitute “crimes against humanity.”

Following is the full press statement of the Commission of Inquiry whose findings and reports will be discussed by the 47-member UN Human Rights Commission during the last week of this month when Eritreans from all walks of life are expected to be in Geneva on 26 June 2015 to ask for concrete measures by the UN Security Council and the international community against Africa’s most repressive regime in Asmara.

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UN GENEVA (8 June 2015) -- The Government of Eritrea is responsible for systematic, widespread and gross human rights violations that have created a climate of fear in which dissent is stifled, a large proportion of the population is subjected to forced labour and imprisonment, and hundreds of thousands of refugees have fled the country, according to a UN report released Monday. Some of these violations may constitute crimes against humanity.

Citing an array of human rights violations on a scope and scale seldom witnessed elsewhere, the report by the UN Commission of Inquiry on Human Rights in Eritrea describes a totalitarian state bent on controlling Eritreans through a vast security apparatus that has penetrated all levels of society.

“Information gathered through the pervasive control system is used in absolute arbitrariness to keep the population in a state of permanent anxiety,” the 500-page report says. “It is not law that rules Eritreans – but fear.

” The release of the report comes as the international community, particularly governments in Europe, North Africa and the Middle East, struggles to cope with a growing exodus of refugees, asylum seekers and migrants across the Mediterranean and along other irregular routes. Many of them are Eritreans, a significant proportion of whom fall victim to human traffickers while trying to reach Europe. The UN refugee agency placed the number of Eritreans under its concern outside the country at more than 357,400 in mid-2014.

The report strongly urges continued international protection for Eritrean refugees fleeing human rights violations, and warns against sending them back to danger in a country that punishes anyone who tries to leave without permission.

“Faced with a seemingly hopeless situation they feel powerless to change, hundreds of thousands of Eritreans are fleeing their country,” the report says. “In desperation, they resort to deadly escape routes through deserts and neighbouring war-torn countries and across dangerous seas in search of safety. They risk capture, torture and death at the hands of ruthless human traffickers. To ascribe their decision to leave solely to economic reasons is to ignore the dire situation of human rights in Eritrea and the very real suffering of its people. Eritreans are fleeing severe human rights violations in their country and are in need of international protection.”

The commission of inquiry was established by the UN Human Rights Council in June 2014 to conduct an investigation of all alleged violations of human rights in Eritrea, including: extrajudicial killings; enforced disappearances; arbitrary arrest and detention; torture and inhumane prison conditions; violations of freedom of expression and opinion; freedom of association and assembly; freedom of religion and belief; freedom of movement; and forced military conscription.

The three-member commission is chaired by Mr. Mike Smith (Australia), with Mr. Victor Dankwa (Ghana), and Ms. Sheila B. Keetharuth (Mauritius), who also serves as the UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Eritrea, as commissioners.

Announcing the release of the report Monday, Ms. Keetharuth urged renewed commitment from the international community to help end the climate of fear in Eritrea.

“With the end of the commission’s investigations and the publication of this report detailing our findings on human rights violations in Eritrea, I look forward to a renewed commitment by the international community to address the justice deficit and to support our call for a restoration of the rule of law,” she said. “Rule by fear – fear of indefinite conscription, of arbitrary and incommunicado detention, of torture and other human rights violations – must end.”

The commission is scheduled to formally present its report to the UN Human Rights Council on June 23 in Geneva.

Eritrean authorities ignored repeated requests by the commission for direct access to the country as well as for information. The commission travelled to eight other countries and carried out some 550 confidential interviews with Eritrean witnesses who had fled the Horn of Africa nation. In addition, it received some 160 written submissions.

The report says fear of reprisals, even among witnesses now in third countries, was a major challenge. “Many potential witnesses residing outside Eritrea were afraid to testify, even on a confidential basis, because they assumed they were still being clandestinely monitored by the authorities and therefore feared for their safety and for family members back in Eritrea,” the report says.

The report notes that the initial promise of democracy and rule of law that came with Eritrea’s independence in 1991 has been extinguished by the Government under the pretext of national defence.

“The commission finds that systematic, widespread and gross human rights violations have been and are being committed by the Government of Eritrea and that there is no accountability for them,” it says. “The enjoyment of rights and freedoms are severely curtailed in an overall context of a total lack of rule of law.

The commission also finds that the violations in the areas of extrajudicial executions, torture (including sexual torture), national service and forced labour may constitute crimes against humanity. The commission emphasizes that its present findings should not be interpreted as a conclusion that international crimes have not been committed in other areas.”

The report lists the main perpetrators of these violations as the Eritrean Defence Forces, in particular the Eritrean Army; the National Security Office; the Eritrean Police Forces; the Ministry of Information; the Ministry of Justice; the Ministry of Defence; the People’s Front for Democracy and Justice (PFDJ); the Office of the President; and the President.

The report describes the repressive systems used by the Government to control, silence and isolate individuals, including a pervasive domestic surveillance network in which neighbours spy on neighbours and even family members mistrust each other.

“As a result of this mass surveillance, Eritreans live in constant fear that their conduct is or may be monitored by security agents and that information gathered may be used against them, leading to arbitrary arrest, detention, torture, disappearance or death,” it says.

The judicial system in the country lacks independence and the administration of justice is “completely deficient,” the report says. Arbitrary detention is ubiquitous and conditions of detention in the country’s vast network of jails are extremely harsh. Holding prisoners incommunicado is a widespread practice, and many detainees simply disappear. In addition, many detainees have no idea why they are being held, nor of the length of their imprisonment.

“The commission finds that the use of torture is so widespread that it can only conclude it is a policy of the Government to encourage its use for the punishment of individuals perceived as opponents to its rule and for the extraction of confessions,” the report says. “Monitoring of detention centres is non-existent and perpetrators are never brought to justice.

” The report also describes how the Government, under the pretext of defending the integrity of the State and ensuring national self-sufficiency, has subjected much of the population to open-ended national service, either in the army or through the civil service. When they turn 18 or even before, all Eritreans are conscripted. While national service is supposed to last 18 months, in reality conscripts end up serving for an indefinite period, often for years in harsh and inhumane conditions.

Thousands of conscripts are subjected to forced labour that effectively abuses, exploits and enslaves them for years. Women conscripts are at extreme risk of sexual violence during national service.

Many others – detainees, students, members of the militia - are also subjected to forced labour: “The use of forced labour is so prevalent in Eritrea that all sectors of the economy rely on it and all Eritreans are likely to be subject to it at one point in their lives,” the report says.

“The commission concludes that forced labour in this context is a practice similar to slavery in its effects and, as such, is prohibited under international human rights law.”

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ሰልፊ ዲሞክራሲ ህዝቢ ኤርትራ (ሰዲህኤ)፡ ኣብ ፖለቲካዊ መደብ ዕዮኡን ህንጻ ሕጉን ሰፊሩ ከምዘሎ፡ ኣንጻር ኣብ ጾታ፡ ሃይማኖትን መበቆል ዝተመስረተ ኣድልዎን ምግላልን ኢዩ። ማዕርነት ደቂ ኣንስትዮ ኣብ ሰልፋዊ ዕዮ ንምርግጋጽ ከኣ፡ ኣብ ፈጻሚ ሽማግለ ብጓል ኣንተይቲ ዝምራሕ ናይ ደቂ ኣንስትዮ ቤት ጽሕፈት ኣለዎ። ኣብ ርእስ'ዚ ኣባላት ሰዲህኤ ዝዀና ደቂ ኣንስትዮ ኣብ ውሽጢ ሰልፈን ንመሰላተን ንምቅላስ ዘኽእለን ምትእስሳር ክገብራ ይፍቀደለን ኢዩ። ከምኡ'ውን፡ ከም ደቂ ኣንስትዮ መጠን፡ ኣብ ካልኦት ናይ ደቂ ኣንስትዮ ማሕበራት ክሳተፋን ምእንቲ ሓባራዊ ረብሓ ደቂ ኣንስትዮ ክቃለሳን ዕላማታት ሰዲህኤ ኢዩ።

መንግስተኣብ ኣስመሮም ኣብ'ቲ 14 ነጥብታት ዝሓዘለ ናይ ገስጋሲ ምሕዝነት ናይ ስራሕ መደብ እናኸተመ እንከሎ

ሰዲህኤ፡ ነዚ ኣብ ዋዕላ ገስጋሲ ምሕዝነት ኣብ ሮተርዳም ዝጸደቐ 14 ነጥብታት ዝሓዘለ መደብ ስራሕ ኣብ ግብሪ ንምውዓሉ ኵሉ ዝከኣሎ ጻዕርታት ክገብር ኢዩ። ንኵሎም ብማዕርነት ደቂ ኣንስትዮ ዝኣምኑ ተቓለስቲ ድማ፡ ነዚ መደብ-ዕዮ ንምዕዋት ኣብ ምትግባር ተጊሆም ክነጥፉ ይጽውዕ።

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ጾታዊ ማዕርነት፡ ብኣፍ ጥራሕ ዘይኰነስ ብግብሪ

ናይ ጾታ፡ ዕድመ፡ ሃይማኖትን መበቆልን ፍልልያት ብዘየገድስ፡ ንዅሉ ዜጋ ብማዕረ ምርኣይን ምግልጋልን ኣብ ብዙሓት ሃገራት ብሕጊ ዝጸደቐ ጥራሕ ዘይኰነስ፣ መሰረት ናይ ማሕበረ-ዲሞክራስያዊ ሰልፍታትን ስርዓታትን እውን ኢዩ። ደቂ ኣንስትዮ ብምዃነን ጥራሕ ዘጋጥመን ጸገማት ቀሊል ኣይኰነን። ነዚ ንምርዳእ ድማ፡ ነቲ ናብ'ዚ ሃለዋት'ዚ ዘብጽሐ ምኽንያታት ምምርማርን ምፍላጥን ይሓትት። ጾታዊ ጸገማት፡ እኩብ ድምር ናይ ማሕበራዊ፡ ባህላውን ጠባያትን ረቛሕቲ ኢዩ። እዞም ጠባያትን ኣርኣእያትን ድማ ንደቂ ኣንስትዮ ኣብ ካልኣይ ደረጃ ከምዝስርዓ ይገብረን። ካብ'ዚ ኵነታት'ዚ ሓራ ምውጻእን ምእንቲ ማዕረ መሰል፡ ማዕረ ተሳትፎን ማዕረ ዕድልን ምቅላስን ማእከላይ ዕማም ናይ ማሕበረ-ዲሞክራሲ ኢዩ። ኣንጻር ኣድልዎ ደቂ ኣንስትዮ ዝግበር ቃልስታት ዓንዲ-ማእከል ናይ ሶሽያል ዲሞክራሲ ምንቅስቓስ ኢዩ። ብዶባት፡ ሃይማኖታትን ማሕበረ-ባህልዊ ሓጹራት ዝድረት እውን ኣይኰነን።

ንሕና፡ ገስገስቲ ሓይልታት ካብ ኵሉ ኵርንዓት ዓለም፡ ጾታዊ ማዕርነት ንምርግጋጽ ንተወሳኽ ኣርባዕተ ወለዶታት ክንጽበ ኣይንኽእልን ኢና። ሕጅን ኣብ'ዚ ቦታን'ዝን ኣብ ግብሪ ብምውዕላ ሓቀኛ ግስጋሰ ከነረጋግጽ ኢና ንደሊ። ብቓላት ጥራሕ ዘይኰነስ ብግብሪ። ነዘን ዝስዕባ 14 ነጥብታት ንምዕዋት ድማ ቆሪጽና ተበጊስና ኣለና።

1. ብዛዕባ'ቲ ጕዳይ ኣፍልጦ ምውናን ኣገዳሲ ኢዩ። እቲ ጸገም እቶም ፖሊሲ ዝሕንጽጹን ፖለቲካዊ መራሕቲትን ብዛዕባ ህጹጽነት ናይ'ቲ ጕዳይ ግቡእ ተገንዝቦ ዘይምህላዎም ኢዩ። ስለ'ዚ ኢና ከኣ፡ ንጾታዊ ማዕርነት ቀዳምነት ክውሃቦ ዘለዎ ዛዕባና ኢዩ ንብል። ማዕርነት ደቂ ኣንስትዮ ኣብ ናይ ስራሕ ቦታ ንምርግጋጽ ክድፍኣሉ ዘለዎ ጕዳይ ኢዩ። ምምሕያሽ ኣሎ፡ እቲ ክንበጽሖ እንደሊ ዕላማ ግን ኣብ 2015 ዓ.ም ዝብጻሕ ኣይኰነን፤ ምኽንያቱ ድማ ብዙሕ ፖለቲካውን ገንዘባውን ዓቕሚ ስለዝሓትት ኢዩ። ብፍላይ ድማ፡ ኣብ'ዚ ኣብ 2015 ዓ.ም ዝኽበር ዘሎ ዝኽሪ መበል 20 ዓመት "መድረኽ በይጂን ንተግባር"ን ምድላውን ንዘላቒ ልምዓታዊ ዕላማታትን፣ ኵሎም መራሕቲ ሰልፍታትናን ወከልቶምን ኣብ ቅድመ-ግንባር ናይ'ዚ ቃልሲ ክሳተፉ ኣለዎም።

2. ፖለቲካዊ፡ ቍጠባውን ማሕበራውን ተሳትፎ ደቂ ኣንስትዮ ቅድም ቀዳድም ናይ ሰብኣዊ መሰልን ናይ ፍትሕን ሕቶ ኢዩ። ባህሊ ክምዕብል ኣለዎ። ንመሰረታዊ መሰላት ደቂ ሰባት ዝጻረር እንተዀይኑ ግን፡ መሰረታዊ መሰላት ኢዮም ቀዳምነት ክውሃቦም ዝግባእ። ተሳትፎ ደቂ ኣንስትዮ ኣብ ኣብያተ-ስራሕ ምውሳኽ፡ ግደ ደቂ ኣንስትዮ ዘዕብን ንሕብረተሰብ ብመላኡ ዘርብሕን ኢዩ። ኣብ ርእስ'ዚ፡ ሃገራዊ ቍጠባ ይዓቢ። ኣብ ጾታ ዝተመርኰሰ ባጀት ምሕንጻጽ ንመሰል ደቂ ኣንስትዮ ኣብ ምርግጋጽ ዓቢ ግደ ኢዩ ዝጻወት።

3. ኣብ ትሕት ደሞዝ ዝኽፈሎምን ሕክምናዊ ኣገልግሎት ዘየበርክቱን ጽላታት ብብዝሒ ዝሰርሓ ደቂ ኣንስትዮ ኢየን። ስለ'ዚ፡ ፍትሓዊ ስራሕ ንዅሉ ሰራሕተኛ ናይ ዓለም ዝብል ገስጋሲ መርገጽና ምስ ፖለቲካውን ስነሓሳባውን መርገጻትናን ምስ ውዕላት ኣህጕራዊ ናይ ዕዮ ውድብ (ILO) ዝሳነ ኢዩ። ንውሑስ፡ ማሕበራዊ ፍትሒ ዘረጋግጽ ንመሰለት ሰራሕተኛታት ኣብ ወግዓውን ዘይወግዓውን መዳያት ናይ ዕዮ ዝከላኸል መርገጽ ክህልወና ይግባእ። እዚ ማለት ከኣ፡ ነቶም ኣዝዮም ህሱያት, ካብ ዓለም ንጹላት ብፍላይ ድማ ደቂ ኣንስትዮ ብብዝሒ ዝርከባሉ ስርሓት ብተናጸል እናለለኻ መፍትሒ ምግባር ይሓትት። ትምህርትን ስልጠናን ንዕድል ናይ ስራሕ ንደቂ ኣንስትዮ የዕብዮ ኢዩ። ማዕረ ክፍሊት ንማዕረ ስራሕ ምርጫ ዘይኰነስ ክፍጸም ዘለዎ ግቡእ ኢዩ።

4. ኣብ ግዜ ፍትሕ ብሕጽረት ገንዘብ ዝሳቐያ ደቂ ኣንስትዮ ኢየን። ድኽነት፡ ንደቂ ኣንስትዮ ኢዩ ብዝያዳ ዝሃሲ። ብፍላይ ድማ፡ ንሳተን እንተደኣ ሰሪሐን ዝኣትዋ ኰይነን። ማሕበረ-ዲሞክራሲ፡ ቦታ ደቂ ኣንስትዮ ኣብ ሕብረትሰብ ንምዕባይን ገንዘባዊ ናጽነት ክህልወንን ኢዩ ዝቃለስ። ዋላ ሓንቲ ጓክ ኣንስተይቲ ንድሕሪት ክትተርፍ የብላን። ንምንባር ዘኽእል ደሞዝን ማሕበራዊ ውሕስናን ኣካል ናይ ዛዕባ ደቂ ኣንስትዮ ክኸውን ኣለዎ። ምኽንያቱ ድማ፡ ከም'ዚኦም ዝኣመሰሉ ስጕምትታት ንቦታን ስደራቤታትን ደቂ ኣንስትዮ ኣብ ዝሓሸ ብርኪ ስለዘብጽሑ ኢዩ።

5. ጌና ኣብ ፖለቲካ፡ ኩባንያታትን ኣብያተ-ስርሓትን ኣብ ላዕለዋይ ጽፍሒ ዝርከባ ደቂ ኣንስትዮ ኣዝየን ውሑዳት ኢየን። ኣብ'ዚ መዳያት'ዚ ለውጢ ንምትእትታው፡ ናይ ደቂ ተባዕትዮ ደገፍ ኣዝዩ ኣገዳሲ ኢዩ። ተሳትፎ ደቂ ኣንስትዮ ኣብ ላዕለዎት ጽፍሕታት ንምዝያድ ቀዳምነት ክውሃቦ ዝግባእ ዕማም ኢዩ። ኣርኣያ ዝኸውን ነገር እንተበርኪትና ዝተረፈ ባዕሉ ክስዕብ ኢዩ። ከም መሰጋገሪ መሳርያ፡ ንፖለቲካውን ቍጠባውን ተኻፋልነት ደቂ ኣንስትዮ ንምዕባይ ዝዓለመ ናይ ጾታዊ ኮታ (quotas) ኣገባብ ኣሰራርሓ ንድግፎ ኢና።

6. ንማዕርነታዊ ተሳትፎ ደቂ ኣንስትዮ ዝዕንቅጽ ሓጹራት ከልግስ ኣለዎ። ስለ'ዚ፡ ኣትኵሮና ኣብ ኣብያተ-ስራሕ ጥራሕ ዘይኰነስ፡ ካብኡ ንላዕሊ ክኸውን ኣለዎ። እንተዘይኰይኑ፡ ሓደጋታት ናይ ትሑት ደሞዝን ተኣፋፊ ዕዮን ክቕጽል ኢዩ። ደቂ ኣንስትዮን ደቂ ተባዕትዮን ኣብ ዘቤታዊ (ስድራቤታዊ) ኰነ ዘገዳማዊ ስራሕ ማዕረ ዕድል ክህልዎም ይግባእ ዝብል ዕግበት ኣሎና። ስለ'ዚ፡ ንደቂ ኣንስትዮን ደቂ ተባዕትዮን ማዕረ ናይ ስራሕ ኵነታት ክፍጠረሎም ንድግፍ። ኣብ ግዜ ሕርስን ጥንስን ገንዘብ ዝኽፈሎ ዕረፍቲ ንወለዲ ማለት ኣደታትን ኣቦታትን ክውሃብ ንድግፍ። ስለ'ዚ፡ ህዝባዊ፡ ኵሉ ዝኽእሎን ብደረጃኡ ዝነኣድ ክንክን ዘበርክት፡ ኣድማሳዊ ሕክምና፡ ትምህርቲ፡ መንበሪ ኣባይቲ፡ ክንክን ቆልዑን ማሕበራዊ ውሕስናን ገለ ካብ ቀዳምነት እንህቦም ፖለቲካዊ ዕላማታትና ኢዮም። ነዚ ሕቶ'ዚ ንምምካት ክግበር ዘለዎ ሓደ ነገር እምበኣር፡ ንመንእሰያት ደቂ ኣንስትዮን ኣዋልድን ርእሰን ዝኽእላሉን ኣብ ገዛእ ርእሰን ዝተኣማመናሉን ፍልጠትን ዕድላትን ከነጨብጠን ይግባእ።

7. ስለ'ዚ ከኣ'ዮም ሕጋዊ ሓጹራት ከልግሱ ዘለዎም። ብዙሓት ሃገራት ንደቂ ኣንስትዮ ኣብ ኣብያተ-ስራሕ ዝከላኸል ሕግታት የብለንን። ደቂ ኣንስትዮ ክሰርሕ ፍቓድ ናይ ሰብኡተን ዝሓታሉ ወይ ድማ ውግዓዊ ናይ መንነት ወረቐት ዝሕተታሉ ሃገራት ኣሎ።

8. ደቂ ኣንስትዮ ኣብ ስርሐን ብዘይ ስግኣት ክሰርሓ ክኽእላ ኣለወን። ክትነብርን ወፊርካ ክትኣቱን ህዝባዊ ውሕስነት የድልየካ። ጾታዊ ዓመጽን ምትዅታዅን ብሕጊ ዘቕጽዕ ክኸውን ኣለዎ። ሰውነት ደቂ ኣንስትዮ ክድፈር የብሉን ዝብል እምነት ኣሎና። ካብ'ዚ ብምብጋስ፡ ኵለን መንግታት ንጾታዊ ዓመጽ ክዋግእኦ ንጽውዕ። ከምኡ'ውን፡ ነቲ ኣንጻር ኣድልዎ ደቂ ኣንስትዮን (CEDAW)፡ ኣብ ልዕሊ ሰብእዊ መሰላት ንኡሳን ዓሌታትን ዝፍጸም ኣድልዎ ዝኽልክል ውዕላት ሕቡራት ሃገራት ክጸድቕን ክጸንዕን ኣለዎ። ኣብ ርእስ'ዚ፡ ዝተገፍዓ ደቂ ኣንስትዮ ዝእለያሉ ማእከላትን ፕሮከጅትታትን ክህሉ ንድግፍ።

9. ንማዕረ ጾታውን ወሊዳውን መሰላት ደቂ ኣንስትዮ፡ እንተላይ ዶታዊ ትምህርቲ፡ ሕክምናዊ ሓገዝ፡ ጸረ ጥንሲ መሳለጢታት ምጥቃምን ጥንሲ ምውራድን ዝኣመሰሉ ንምርግጋጽ ክንቃለስ ኢና። ጾታውን ወሊዳውን መሰላት ምርግጋጽ፡ ንናይ ደቂ ኣንስትዮ ማሕበራዊ፡ ፖአቲካውን ቍጠባውን ቦታ ኣብ ምሕያል ዓቢ ጽልዋ ኣለዎ።

10. ኣብ ናይ ስራሕ ቦታታት ዝፍጸም ኣድልዎን ምግላልን ክምከትን ክድምሰስን ኣለዎ። ምኽንያቱ ከኣ፡ ንመሰላት ደቂ ኣንስትዮ ዝጻረር ስለዝዀነ። ንሕና፡ ጾታ ብዘየገድስ፡ ንማዕርነት፡ ሻራ ዘይብሉ ቍጠባዊ ፍትሕን ንዅሉ ዝብል ዕላማ ንምርግጋጽ ኢና ንቓለስ። እዚ ከኣ፡ ኣንጻር ጾታዊ ኣጕል እምነታት ኣብ ትምህርቲ፡ ኣብ ሕብረተሰብን ኣብ ኣብያተ-ስርሓትን ዝካየድ ቃልስታት የጠቓልል።

11. ምስ ማሕበራውያን መሻረኽቲ ምትሕብባር ክህሉ ነተባብዕ። ምምሕዳራትን ማሕበራትን ኣስራሕትን ጥራሕ ዘይኰኑ ንተሳትፎ ደቂ ኣንስትዮ ከዕብዩ ዝጥለቡ፡ ደቂ ኣንስትዮ ንባዕለንን ናይ ደቂ ኣንስትዮ ምንቅስቓሳትን ውን ክቃለሳሉ ይግአን ኢዩ። ንናይ ደቂ ኣንስትዮ ሓድሽ ምንቅስቕሳትን ውድባትን ከነተባብዕ ኣሎና። ንናይ 21 ክፍለዘመን ናይ ደቂ ኣንስትዮ መሰላት ንምርግጋጽ ናትና ሓገዝ የድልየን ኢዩ።

12. ወነንቲ ዋኒንን ናይ ምውናን መሰላትን። ኣብ መላእ ዓለም ንብረት ወይ ገዛ ወይ ኩባንያ ዝውንና ደቂ ኣንስትዮ ኣዝየን ውሑዳት ኢየን። ኣብ ውርሻ፡ ኣብ መንጐ ደቂ ተባዕትዮን ደቂ ኣንስትዮን ፍልልይ ክህሉ የብሉን። ኣብ ብዙሕ ሃገራት ደቂ ኣንስትዮ ብኣባላት ስደራቤተን ዝዀኑ ደቂ ተባዕትዮ ኣቢለን ጥራሕ ኢየን ንብረት ዝውንና። እዚ ዘይፍትሓዊ ተግባር'ዚ ደው ክብል ክኽእል ኣለዎ። ደቂ ኣንስትዮ መሬት ዝውንናሉ፡ ናይ መሬት ምጥቃም መሰላተን ዝረጋገጸሉን ናይ ገዛእ ርእሰን ርእሰማል ክህልወንን ዘኽእል ውሕስነት ንምርግጋጽ ክንቃለስ ኢና።

13. ደቂ ኣንስትዮ ብመግቢ ርእሰን ዝኽእላሉ ኵነታት ንምፍጣር፡ ንኣሽቱ ሕርሻታት ክውንናሉ ዘኽእለን ናይ መሬት ምውናንን ምጥቃምን መሰል ዘለወን ቀንዲ ተወሳእቲ ምዃነን ክእመነለንን መሬተን ከይምንዝዓ ዝከላኸለለን ሕጊ ክህልውን ይግባእ።

14. ማዕረ ውክልና ደቂ ኣንስትዮን ደቂ ተባዕትዮን ኣብ ሰልፍታትና ኢዩ ክጅምር ዝግብኦ። ኣብ ፓርላማዊ፡ መንግስታዊን ሰልፋውን ቅርጻታትና፡ ብደረጃ ሃገር፡ ዞባ ወይ ወረዳ... ወዘተ ማዕርነት ከነረጋግጽ ቆሪጽና ተበጊስና ኣለና። ገለ ካብ'ዚ ጻዕርታት'ዚ፡ ደቂ ኣንስትዮ ሕጹያት ኰይነን ክወዳደራ ምትብባዕ ኢዩ። ዓለም ንምቕያር ብገዛና ኢና ንጅምሮ። ብኣፍ ጥራሕ ዘይኰነስ ብግብሪ።

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ብዕለት 31 ግንቦት 2015 ዓ.ም.ፈ. ካብ ሰዓት 19.30 ክሳብ ሰዓት 22.30 ብመራኸቢ ብዙሓን ን4ይ ጊዜኦም ተራኺቦም ኣብ ሰፊሕ በዓል ኤርትራ 2015 ክዳለዉ ዘሎዎም ኣገዳስቲ መደባት ሰሪዖም። እቲ መደባት ብኩሉ መደያቱ ንህልዊ ኣሰካፊ ኩነታት ህዝብናን ሃገርናን ሓቢሩን ተመርኲሱን ንምፍትሑ እንታይ ይገበር ዝብል ኣምር ብሓባራዊ ቃስሲ ናይ ኩሉ ኤርትራዊ ደላይ ፍትሒ ብውልቀ፡ ብሰልፊ ፡ብዉድብ ፡ብበርጌሳዊ ማሕበር ተጠኒፉ ዝርከብ እንካን ሃባን መኣዲ ልዝብ ብጽፉፍ ኣገባብ ሰሪዑ ግብራውነት ዝረጋገጸሉ ክኸውን ኣስሚርሉ። እቲ ሽማገለ ብነዊሕ ተመክሮን ምክትታልን ኣብ ኩሎም ዝካየዱ ፈስቲቫላት ኤርትራ ብምስትብሃል፡ እወ ባህሊ ጸወታ እምነ-ኩርናዕ መለለዪ ናይ ሓደ ሕብረሰሰብ እዩን ይኹንን እምበር ምስ መሪር ሃለዋት ህዝብናን ኤርትራዊ መንእሰይን ግና ዳርጋ ናይ ሞትን ሂወትን ሃለዋት ስለ ዝኾነ ብሓድነት ልዝብ ኣብ ሓባራዊ ስሙር ቃልሲ ንምዕዋት መዛተይን መራኸብን ክኽውን ብዕግበት ተዳልዩን ከም ዘሎ ኣስሚሩሉ። ኣብ መደምደምታ እዚ ታሪኻዊ ሰፊሕ በዓል እዚ ኣብ ጽባሕ 2ይ ጉባኤ ሰልፊ ዲሞክራሲ ህዝቢ ኤርትራ ይካየድ ምህላዉ ፍሉይ ድምቀትን ምህብታምን መደባት ከም ዘሎዎ ኣስተብሂሉ ተዳሊዩ ንንቡር ተባዕ ዉፉይ ተሳታፍነት ኣባላቱ ክዕጠቁ ጸዊዑ።

ነባሪ ክብርን ዝኽርን ንሰማእታትና !!!

ውድቀት ንገባቲ መላኺ ስርዓት ህግዲፍ፡

ክፍሊ ዕዮ ዜና ፈስቲቫል 2015

ዞቦ ኤውሮጳ ሰልፊ ደሞክራሲ ህዝቢ ኤርትራ ብ29 ጉንበት ብኤልትሪኒካዊ መንገዲ ህጹጽ ኣኼባ ኣካይዱ ብዛዕባ እዋናዊ ሰልፋውን ከባቢያውን ኩነታት ኣገዳሲ ምይይጥ ከም ዘካየደ ናይቲ ዞባዊ መሪሕነት ሓላፊ ዜና ሓው ፍትዊ ክፍለ ሓቢሩ። ኣብዚ ብኣቦመንበር ናይቲ ዞባ ሓው ብርሃነ ገብረክርስቶስ ዝተጸወዐ ኣኼባ፡ እቲ ኣቦመንበር ኣብ መኽፈቲኡ ኣብዚ እዋንዚ ብሰንኪ ጉጅለ ህግደፍ ኣብ ልዕሊ ህዝብና ይወርድ ብዛዕባ ዘሎ በደላት ዝርዝር መብርሂ ከም ዝሃበ እዚ ካብቲ ኣኼባ ዝተረኽበ ሓበሬታ ኣመልኪቱ።

እዚ ኣቦመንበር ሎሚ ኣብ ዓለምና ብሰኒ ውግኣት ዝወርድ ዘሎ ህልቂትን ምምዝባልን ህዝቢ ብምሳሌ እንዳ ኣሰነየ መብርሂ ሂቡ። ኣስዒቡ ድማ እቲ ዝኸፈአ፡ ናይ ዝተፈላለዩ ሃገራት ዜጋታት ካብቶም ዝውጽዕዎም ሓይልታት ካብ ውግእን ህይወቶም ከድሕኑ ክብሉ ኣብ ጉዕዞ ባሕሪ ይጠፍኡ ከም ዘለዉ ምስ ዘርዘረ፡ ነቶም ኣብዚ ቀረባ እዋን ኣብ ባሕሪ መዲተራንያን ዝሃለቑ 350 ኤርትራውያን ከም ኣብነት ጠቒስዎም። ብኣንጻር እዚ ጉጅለ ህግደፍን ሰዓብቱን ኣብዚ ዜጋታትና ዝሃልቅሉ ዘለዉ ኣጸጋሚ ግዜ ንመበል 24 ዝኽሪ መዓልቲ ናጻነት ኤርትራ ብጓይላን ዳንኬራን የኽብርዋ ምህላዉ ዘሕዝን ምዃኑ ጠቒሱ፡ እዚ በዓል ካብዚ ዘለናዮ ጸገም መዋጸኦ ንምርካብ ብልዝብን ምምኽኻርን ክበዓል ከም ዝግበኦ ሓቢሩ።

ኣብዚ ኣኼባ ብኣቦመንበር ሰደህኤ ሓው መንግስተኣብ ኣስመሮም ዝምራሕ ልኡኽ ሰልፊ ኣብ ዝሓለፈ ሰሙን ኣብ ዋዕላ ገስጋሲ ምሕዝነት፡ ምስታፉን ኩነታት ኤርትራን ህዝባን ኣብ ምርዳእ ዓብይ ግደ ከም ዝነበሮን ተጠቒሱ። ካብዚ ሓሊፉ እቲ ኣኼባ ብሓፈሻ ብዛዕባ ሓያሎ ኣገደስቲ ዛዕባታት፡ ብፍላይ ድማ ንምቅርራብ 2ይ ጉባአ ሰልፍን ፈስቲቫልን ዝምልከት ምዉቕን ጠቓምን ምይይጥ ከም ዝተኻየደ እቲ ዝተረኽበ ሓበሬታ ኣመልኪቱ።

As manifested in its existing basic documents that include the political programme and the party constitution, the Eritrean People’s Democratic Party (EPDP) is committed to gender equality and in the struggle against discrimination on the basis of gender as well as religion and ethnicity. Efforts have been underway to promote gender equality in the party which already has an Executive Office for women’s affairs and tried what it could to promote women’s league in inside the party while also encouraging female party members to take active participation in other national women’s organizations.

EPDP Chairman Menghesteab Asmerom signing the 14-point Action Plan at the Rotterdam Conference of the Progressive Alliance held between 22 and 23 May 2015.

And now, the EPDP is committed to work hard in implementing a 14-point Action Plan adopted at the Rotterdam Conference of the Progressive Alliance. Likewise, the party encourages all Eritrean patriots to join the EPDP and its members in committing themselves to defend the rights of women and as much as possible implement the points of the Action Plan which is copied below together with important introductory paragraphs. Good reading.

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Gender: Not just Words but Deeds

Equality and equal treatment regardless of sex or age, sexual orientation and gender identity, religion or ethnic background are not just established by law in many countries but they are also the foundation of our social democratic values. Especially the disadvantages and oppression which are connected with being female seem difficult to overcome; they only become clear when you look at the underlying causes of the problems. Gender is the sum of social, cultural and behavioural aspects which are attributed to sex. Those views and behaviours can put women all over the world in a subordinate role. The liberation from the position of powerlessness and the struggle for equal right, participation and opportunities is a core task of social democracy. This struggle against the increased discrimination of women is at the heart of our movement and it is not limited by territorial, religious and socio-cultural borders.

About girls and boys

In many countries the birth of a newborn is celebrated in a grandiose way; a new life is always a miracle. “Is it a boy or a girl?” is the first question we ask when a baby is born. For most parents it does not make a difference: “as long as it is healthy”. Unfortunately this is not a reality everywhere. In some cultures girls are lucky to be born at all. Worldwide millions of baby girls disappear through pre-natal screening and the following gender-selective abortion. But even if you are lucky enough to get through the first selection round then there is still a long way to go. Chance might have it that you are kept at home away from school: just because you are a girl. Even the lucky ones encounter enough obstacles. Does your school have sanitary facilities for girls? Is an arranged marriage or female genital mutilation your cultural heritage? Can you cross the streets safely as a woman? Even if you have overcome all these obstacles and you have a school diploma there is still a long way to go. It is, for instance, still the question whether you will be accepted at the higher education facilities or if you can work in the profession of your choice. Will you ever be financially independent so that you can stand on your own feet in case of a divorce? Do you even have divorce in your country?

Focussing on women and the labour market we can also witness major barriers to gender equality. Many women end up in precarious jobs in the informal sector when becoming a mother and are exposed to dangerous environments or harsh working conditions, sometimes far away from home.  Let there be no misunderstanding. This is a worldwide problem and it is not limited to the poorest countries. Problems vary widely from city to the countryside, from country to country and from continent to continent. In most rich countries women still earn less than men, are less well represented than men in top jobs in the business world, governmental agencies or in politics; caring tasks often are an exclusively female domain and women are the first victims if there is an economic crisis.

We have a long way to go

And yet many people worldwide are convinced that the emancipation of women, especially in the Western world, has gradually come to completion. In most countries women can go to school, vote and stand as a candidate for a political party, drive, bear children when they want, choose their own partner and divorce when they want. But with all that we are not yet there. Achievements on paper are not enough: not just words but deeds! To tackle the gap between reality and words the awareness of the problem needs to be raised. If you are sitting on a chair it is difficult to imagine how tiring it is to have to stand. It is the same with gender: if you have never consciously been deprived on the basis of your sexual orientation and gender identity it is difficult to imagine that there is a structural inequality. So it starts with awareness. Of our own behaviour and that of others. Of the social agreements and norms which underpin this situation. And of the legal and social struggle for equal rights and opportunities which is far away from being fought worldwide. This continuously demands our attention. That is why the gender equality in general and more specific in relation to decent work has to be a priority on the political agenda. We as social democrats commit ourselves to this cause!

Conventions

Equality between women and men is one of the five fundamental human rights next to security, integrity, freedom and dignity. The preamble of the Declaration on Human Rights adopted at the World Conference on Human Rights in 1993 establishes that the rights contained in the charter also apply to women regardless of tradition or religion. This agreement is not the only one in which women are the focal point. In 1979 the United Nations signed a Convention on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW). The 1998 Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court regards different forms of sexual violence as crimes against humanity. The UN General Assembly resolution adopted in 2000 contains regulations to ban all crimes in the name of honour which are committed against women. The third of the eight UN millennium goals is dedicated to equal opportunities and the empowerment of women. At the Conference on Population and Development held in Cairo in 1994 and the World Summit for Social Development in Copenhagen specific paragraphs where devoted to women and their health. All this is characteristic of the important and relevant role which the U.N. has with the support of women and NGOs that fight for women’s rights around the world.

But the important role of the U.N. unfortunately does not mean that in all those places where women suffer discrimination and violence measures are taken to fight against it. In 79 countries there is no legislation against domestic violence, in 127 countries you cannot tackle sexual harassment of women by means of the law. Especially when it comes to sexual harassment on the shop-floor protection is often limited or absent. In many parts of the world the subjugation of women is connected to the property and family laws in conjunction with national or customary regulations, tradition or religion. These are also often the countries which have refused to sign the agreements reached within the framework of the United Nations.

Countries such as Iran, Somalia and Sudan did not sign the UN Convention on Women’s Rights which is telling for the way women are treated in these countries. Equality between women and men is non-existent. This can also be said of the right to security. In countries such as China, India, Pakistan or Bangladesh millions of women are missing from the statistics. To have to pay for a dowry or to have to produce a male heir necessary for the worshipping of the ancestors can, especially in combination with poverty, be seen as the cause for selective abortion, baby killing and the very high number of deaths amongst young girls. But even if you survive all this there is no guarantee for a safe existence; the arranged marriages at a very young age and the early pregnancies are also grounds for domestic violence and high death rates. According to the World Health Organization there are about 140 million women in Sub-Saharan Africa which have been circumcised which is a violation of the Right to Integrity. All this is due to the absence of the Right to Freedom as a fundamental right. In the Arab countries the subordination of women is even anchored by law, and in those countries where the Sharia Law is seen as the main legal source the situation is even worse.

The elimination of disadvantages and the oppression of women, the improvement of the female situation needs to start with the acknowledgement of the five mentioned human rights which are also women’s rights since 1993. But also in countries where from a legal perspective everything seems to be fine, the violation of human rights is tolerated when it concerns women. According to UNICEF, 200.000 male tourists are involved in sex tourism in which the turnover is more than 5 billion euro. The sex industry and female trafficking are still on the rise, and commercial exploitation of women is encouraged by the Internet. Also new problems such as cyberdating, sxting and grooming deserve our attention. What need to be addressed as well are the forced marriages of oftentimes young Muslim girls in Western Europe. In France alone this amounted to 70.000 children a couple of years ago. These are all infringements of fundamental human rights such as the right to dignity and integrity.

This year we are celebrating the 20^th anniversary of the Beijing Platform for Action. Not one single country in the world has achieved gender equality and thus around the world countries have to take action and deliver on women’s rights and gender equality. While the UN has reached an agreement on having gender equality and women’s rights as a Stan-Alone Goal part of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG’s), as progressives we want to be more ambitious and ensure that gender equality is an integral part of all SDGs and that adequate funding is allocated to gender equality. We need to ensure that progress in women’s rights remains positive and growing in the next years to come and for the next generations of women around the world.

One in three

Your mother, neighbour or I: the chances are high that one of us has been victimized by physical or sexual violence in our lifetime. Be it by a partner, a colleague or an unknown person on the street: the current world is still quite an unsafe place for women. According to a recent study by the European Agency of Fundamental Rights in Vienna, 45 percent of Dutch women, for instance, said that they had become a victim of physical or sexual violence once or multiple times since the age of 15. That is quite a bit higher than the European average of 33 percent. At least 4 percent of women said they had been raped. That is about 9 million women and is more than the whole population of Austria! The same study showed that almost 75 percent of the interviewed women in management positions had to deal with sexual harassment on the job. One out of four of such incidents happened in the year prior to the study.

Not only in Europe is the insecurity of women a problem. All over the world many crimes are committed against women on the grounds of loss of the honour of the husbands and families and based on the idea that the female body is foremost to be seen as the property of her husband or that of her family. Religion should not be misused to violate women’s rights. Such views are in conflict with the right to integrity. Furthermore this is the basis for the most general form of violence against women: rape. According to estimates by police in South Africa every 36 seconds a woman is raped whilst in Egypt one out of ten women says they have been sexually assaulted on the street. The recent uproar in India about the brutal rape and murder of a young student has of course led to a social debate about the position of women and girls in the community but it has not yet led to a solution for the deeply rooted problem with new victims as sad evidence.

It does not need further explanation that as long as the security of women in public transport, on the street, at school, at home or at the workplace cannot be guaranteed, women and girls cannot participate in an equal manner in society. It is therefore of utmost importance that the social taboo to discuss the issue of violence against women be broken and that within organisations, schools, businesses and the government more attention be paid to the issue of security. This process begins with the awareness of women and girls themselves, but also requires an active contribution by men and boys because a safer world is made together.

Barriers on the job market

In September 2014 the G20 ministers of social affairs and employment came together in Australia to discuss the prevention of structural unemployment, the creation of better jobs and the expansion of the labour market participation. The following has been included into the final act about the empowerment of the position and participation of women:

“We recognise that promoting greater participation by women in the labour market, and improving the quality of their employment, would contribute to stronger and more inclusive growth. Therefore, we commit to take the steps needed to close gender gaps in opportunities and labour market outcomes.”

The gaps! These are manifold when it comes to women and men on the labour market. It is the salary gap but also the access to and the opportunities on the labour market, right to a living wage and lawful benefits, including maternity leave. This is also confirmed by international organisations such as the IMF. But although Christine Lagarde herself underlines the importance of female leadership she recently had to admit that ‘the IMF staff considers gender issues a distraction from the more pressing problems of financial stability or monetary policy’.

Gender issues a distraction!? Knowing that the reduction of gender gaps and the rise in the participation of women in the economy by improving the access to (quality) jobs contributes to a stronger economy? Gender issues are not a distraction but precisely ‘a more pressing problem of financial stability’. If you look at a problem such as that of the shrinking workforce in the G20 countries then that is particularly a gender issue. The labour market participation of women lies at about 57% as opposed to 83% of men. This is an enormous chance to expand the job offer for women and to mitigate the negative effects of a shrinking workforce. In this way we would not only work to create an inclusive and diverse labour market but also make a significant contribution to the economic growth of countries.

Fortunately the female labour market participation is increasing and women are more equally represented in middle management, but women are still over-represented in low-paying jobs and informal economies such as that of domestic workers. At the same time women are still underrepresented at the top or CEO level. And although women now work more outside of the home, the responsibility for the household and the caring for the children is still mainly their task. As a result women have a double workload, having paid job and an unpaid task at home. As long as policy makers and political leaders do not see the tackling of this inequality as an urgent issue and it is not made part of economic growth stimulation and job creation no real progress can be reached in solving the inequality on the labour market.

The self-sufficiency of girls and women must be increased. In Uganda they achieve this by way of the Empowerment and Livelihoods for Adolescents programme. This programme teaches professional skills to girls and offers them training for jobs on the local market. In addition to the economic benefit this programme shows that the participating girls have much more control over their sexual and reproductive health. But also the fight for living wages should be part of the fight for gender equality, as the effect of such a measure would be felt especially by women.

Women and power

‘Investing in gender equality is not only the right thing to do, it’s also the smart thing to do’ as stated by the World Bank in 2012 at the presentation of the results of their yearly World Development Report. What became clear? Women invest more than 90% of their available income in their family, whereas men only invest 30% to 40%. The United Nations had the effect on investing in female farmers researched and came to the conclusion that if female farmers had equal access to information, knowledge, land and materials as men they would produce 30% to 40% more food and with that it is estimated that 100 to 150 million people would not suffer from hunger anymore.

Also in the business world you had better take the factor women seriously. Research by Dow Jones shows that start-ups with more female executives have more chances of being successful whilst Credit Suisse has calculated that companies with at least one woman on the board of directors do better at the stock market and are more stable in times of crisis. The OECD (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development) confirmed these findings. In a worldwide database they have stored information from 162 countries since 2006. From those records the same picture arises: the more women in power the better a country performs economically.

But not just from an economic perspective does gender balance pay off. Also the society at large benefits from increased equality. In Ghana, as the number of women who own land increases so does the amount spent on food. In India, an increased number of women in public administration positions by means of a quota system resulted in an increase in investments in public facilities, such as water, sanitary facilities but also irrigation and schooling, as well as a significant decrease in corruption.  Moreover, in villages with female leaders bribes occurred on fewer occasions than in villages with male leaders as was revealed by a World Bank report.

Notwithstanding all this evidence that a healthy men-women balance also produces a healthier economy the rise of women to top positions on a global level is stagnating. Almost a century after women have gained the right to vote, better access to higher education, started working in professions which were previously only accessible by men there is still no country on earth where women have equal access to power and influence as men. In the Dutch parliament there are as many as 16 groups. Of those only one is lead by a woman. Gender balance does not come by itself and deserves our continuous attention also (and maybe especially) at the top. That is where the impact of women is indeed the highest. Measures aimed at promoting women to top positions are of utmost importance, not only for women but for society as a whole. Not because it has to be done but because it works. In Australia the Male Champions initiative works together with male CEOs from the business world and leaders within the government to jointly push for a considerable and sustainable increase in the representation of women in leadership positions.

Education and labour market

To get paid work, to achieve economic independence, education is a fundamental pre-requisite. Therefore, education was made one of the millennium goals which have to be achieved between 2000 and 2015. From the yearly progress reports it is clear that improvements are made but still about 57 million children are deprived from basic education. More than half of those are girls. The lower level of the secondary school is inaccessible for 71 million children. More than half of those are girls as well. In Sub-Sahara Africa, West and South Asia the gap between boys and girls is the widest. However, when girls finish elementary school they usually go on to secondary school. This is the case in Latin America and the Caribbean. According to UNICEF, education for girls benefits the whole of society. They marry later and have fewer children, and more often they want to make sure their children go to school

Although a lot still needs to change in order to improve access to education for all children and to overcome the existing differences between boys and girls in this area, there is evidence of improvement. But the set goals will not be achieved in 2015 so they demand more political pressure and financial input. Therefore, the European Union has given priority in its development budget to education and care especially for girls. Recent studies by the ILO in 80 countries show that a better access by women to education leads to an increased female participation on the labour market. In the meantime 40% of jobs worldwide are held by women. But from a legal and political perspective women are far behind notwithstanding the fact that in the last few years the number of female parliamentarians and female ministers has increased.

The World Economic Forum has found in its Global Gender Gap Report 2014 that the economic inequality between women and men is slowly diminishing. If this trend continues economic equality will be achieved in about 81 years. And if in the same report it is stated how useful the participation of women on the labour market is, not only for them but also for the national income whilst the children are also better educated, then such a timeline sounds unbearable.

We, progressives from around the world do not want to wait four generations for gender equality to become reality. We want to act in the here and now and make real progress. Not just words, but also deeds. Therefore, we are committed to the following points of action:

Action Points: Gender Equality and Decent Work

1. Awareness of the issue is crucial. It is the urgency which is lacking with policy makers and political leaders. That is why we have to put the gender issue on the top of the political agenda. The momentum for the equality of women in the workplace must be given a new impetus. There is evidence of progress but the stated goals will not be achieved in 2015 so they demand more political and financial input. We call upon all our parties, leaders and representatives to be at the forefront of this struggle, in particular in 2015 which marks the 20^th anniversary of the Beijing Platform for Action and the preparation of the Sustainable Development Goals
2. Political, economic and social participation of women is first and foremost a human right and a matter of justice. Culture should evolve, but when it contradicts fundamental rights, fundamental rights should prevail. Increasing the participation of women in the labour market is a way to empower women and a benefit for the whole society. Furthermore it is increasing the national income. Gender budgeting is a tool to promote the fulfilment of women’s rights
3. Women are predominant in lower-paying jobs and in the informal sector, where social protection benefits in case of illness or job loss are non-existent. Progressives stand for the realisation of decent work for all worldwide (in line with our political and ideological principles and ILO conventions and standards). We should stand up for secure, socially just and regulated employment protecting workers rights in the formal and informal economy. This implies a disaggregated approach to targeting the most vulnerable, excluded worldwide, women being a majority in these groups. Education and training of tangible skills are important to improve chances of women on the labour market. Equal pay for equal work is not a choice but a must.
4. Women are often the first victims of a financial crisis or a divorce. Poverty seems to be a more disproportionate burden on the shoulders of women, especially when they are the breadwinner Social democrats strive for empowerment and financial independence of women: Leave no woman behind! The struggle for living wages and social protection floors should also be part of the feminist agenda, since such measures would have an extremely positive effect on the position of many women and their families.
5. Still too few women occupy top positions in companies, on the labour market or in politics. To promote and encourage changes in this respect the support and cooperation of men is of undeniable value. The endeavour to reach maximum participation of women in top positions is a priority for us. Give a good example and the rest will follow. We support the idea of gender quotas as a transitional instrument for increasing women’s political and economic representation.
6. The barriers which prevent women from participating in an equal manner must be eliminated.  Hereby our attention has to reach further than the labour market alone otherwise the danger of low paid and precarious jobs will remain. We are convinced that women and men should have the same opportunities for developing a career and taking care of the family. Therefore we support a work life balance for both women and men. Arrangements for maternity and parental leave are fundamental for securing a basic income for mothers and fathers. Therefore public, affordable and high-quality care provisions with universal access to health, education, housing, childcare and social security will be one of our political priorities. One of the ways to tackle this issue is to give young women and girls (new) knowledge and opportunities to enhance their ability of self-sufficiency and self-determination.
7. This is why legal barriers must be taken down. Too many countries are far behind in their legislation to protect women in the labour market. There are countries where women need permission from their spouses to be able to work or to obtain official identification documents.
8. Women have to be able to safely perform in the workplace. Public safety is the basis for being able to live your life and go to work. Sexual harassment and violence must be dealt with on a structural level. We are committed to the bodily integrity of women as such, we urge all governments to combat gender based violence and call for the ratification and full implementation of the Convention to Eliminate all Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW), and an optional protocol and other human rights‘instruments, such as the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. We also support the establishment of centres for abused women and projects that help to break down the taboo on this topic.
9. We need to keep fighting for equal and full access to sexual and reproductive rights of all women, including sexual education, medical assistance, contraceptives and abortion, regardless of their status, origin or ethnicity. Ensuring sexual and reproductive rights contributes towards women’s social, political and economical empowerment.
10. Discrimination in the workplace must be countered and abolished because it is a breach of women’s rights. We strive for equality, equity and economic justice for everyone, no matter what sexual orientation or gender identity. This also includes countering/combating of gender stereotypes in education, in society and on the labour market.
11. We advocate cooperation with social partners. Not only the governments, unions and employers need to take action in increasing women’s representation and participation, but women and the women’s movement as well. We need to give space and support the new and young feminist movements as well as organisations that represent informal workers. They play a crucial role and deserve our support in shaping the women’s rights of the 21^st century.
12. Entrepreneurship and property rights. Worldwide fewer women than men own property or housing or a company. No difference must be made in the inheritance law between women and men. In many countries women can only access property via male family members. This injustice needs to be addressed. We strive to guarantee women’s land tenure and land use rights and want to improve access to capital for women.
13. In order to secure food sovereignty of women, we advocate a recognition of smallholder farmers, particularly women, as key economic actors whose right to use and own land should be protected against land grabbing through legally binding safeguards.
14. Equal representation of women and men starts within our own political party family. We are committed to realise parity within our parliamentary groups and governments and in our party structures on the national, regional and local level. Part of this endeavour is supporting women to become a candidate. Changing the world starts at home. Not just words, but deeds.

EPDP Information Office

When a delegation of the Eritrean People’s Democratic Party (EPDP) attends a regional or international conference - like the ones it recently attended in Niger, Leipzig, Stockholm, Tunisia and Rotterdam – it presents not a party message but it represents Eritrea, and the message is always a loud cry of Eritrea and its people.  For example, see in annex to this report the full text of the message shared with participants of the recent conference of the Progressive Alliance held between 22 and 23 May in Rotterdam, Holland.

At the Rotterdam conference, all the statements and interventions made by members of the delegation were about the major problems faced by our people today. The meetings of heads of participant delegations, the steering and resolution drafting committees, and the workshops focused on gender problems were ripe opportunities in which the EPDP delegation members could tell the sad Eritrea narrative that included the maltreatments at home and the risks of refugees in the deserts and high seas.

Aside from the formal meetings, EPDP delegations get the opportunity of meeting with so many important state and party figures and exchange notes with them about Eritrea in the past 24 years under a repressive one-man rule.

The Progressive Alliance, which now enjoys the membership of 106 labour, socialist and social democratic parties and over 30 affiliated associations, holds conferences in different parts of the world. The Rotterdam conference on gender equality was attended by delegations representing 46 parties, a good number of them ruling parties in their respective countries.

EPDP delegation members posing with Mr. Mustafa Ben Jaafer, head of the social democratic Ettakatul party of Tunisia. He is the man who chaired the commission that drafted and gave Tunis its exemplary constitution now put to full effect.

During the boat tour and dinner of conference participants,  EPDP’s Ms Adiam Tefferi took the opportunity of having an extensive chat about the plight of Eritrean women with Ms. Kirsten Meijer, the international secretary of the Dutch  Labour Party that hosted the Rotterdam conference.

The Mayor of Rotterdam, Mr. Ahmed Aboutaleb, flanked by EPDP delegation members

Annexed is Full text:

Eritrean Statement at PA Conference

On Gender Equality and Decent Work

Rotterdam, 22-23 May 2015

Distinguished Delegations of Fraternal Parties and Associations,

We, addressing this message to you fraternal forces and comrades-in-struggle, are representatives of the Eritrean People’s Democratic Party (EPDP), a force engaged in a non-violent struggle for democratic change in our country. A mainstream Eritrean democratic party in exile, the EPDP is a founding member and signatory of the PA declaration adopted at the Leipzig conference of 24 May 2013. 

We are pleased to note that, in addition to expressing PA commitments to promote human rights, the joint pursuit of freedom, justice, social equality, sustainability and international solidarity, this Rotterdam conference is determined to highlight and address the problems of gender inequality, and in doing so show the ways of addressing the plight of women everywhere, including of those much abused and distressed Eritrean women, as pronounced earlier this year by a Specialized UN Committee on discrimination against women.  (See details in annex below).

Dear PA Conference Participants,

You are well aware that the government in Eritrea is the most repressive dictatorship in Africa today. It is also well known that no rule of law exists in Eritrea whose ratified constitution was rendered null and void by the president. No national elections have taken place in the past 24 years in the country where free press, free association and  very basic human rights including the freedom to worship one’s chosen faith are totally non-existent. The last time the rubber stamp assembly of the ruling party met was in February 2002!!

The forced military conscription of all citizens between the ages of 18 and 70 (!!) years in the army and militias, and the open-ended “national service” or forced labour that literally became modern-day slavery brought life in Eritrea to a standstill. Any opposition or criticism of the wrong policies of the regime leads to risks of cruel torture, disablement or slow death. Well over 10,000 persons languish in over 300 prisons without recourse to legal courts. No wonder that the Eritrean society is now at a state of breaking down. This breakdown of a highly militarized society is also very likely to cause havoc in the region and much beyond it.

The suffering of hundreds of thousands of Eritrean refugees in the entire region has remained a disturbing development for years. The tragedies faced by a large number of Eritreans in the Sinai, the Libyan desert and the Mediterranean Sea are also only examples of a bigger problem at home.

Dear Comrades and Friends,

This delegation is taking the liberty of reiterating the party’s calls to this forum to give adequate attention to peoples languishing under unbearable types of governance that do not allow any consideration of addressing gender inequality and decent work. To this end, and as a top priority,

1. We in the EPDP ask the Progressive Alliance to organize a special meeting on the problem of peoples in the Horn of Africa and see how the PA can help distressed peoples like the Eritreans to overcome their problems. 
2. There is an urgent need of supporting non-state civil and political actors towards building their capacities to become alternative democratic forces in those states under repressive regimes that do not allow multi-party democracy.
3. PA member parties to establish a special group that follows up the situation of gender inequalities in Africa and other less developed regions of the world.

No doubt, gender inequality, the theme of this conference is of great concern to us all. Although the wrong policies of the dictatorship in Eritrea affect every citizen, the problems faced by Eritrean women are much worse. The situation of Eritrean women, who paid dearly in the liberation struggle and whose basic rights were relatively respected during the armed struggle, was reverted to square one in the past 24 years after liberation. The observations of an important UN body, that are included to this message below, will give PA meeting participants a picture of the condition of Eritrean women today. 

Sincerely yours,

Menghesteab Asmerom,

Chairman,

The Eritrean People’s Democratic Party (EPDP) in exile

Annex

Situation of Women in Eritrea

The UN Commission of Inquiry on Eritrea and the UN Human Rights Rapporteur for Eritrea have been compiling disquieting human rights abuses in Eritrea covering the period 1991 to the present.  Their mid-term report in March 2015 affirmed that the autocratic government in Asmara brought the Eritrean people to the brink of losing “hope for their future”.  The UN Inquiry Commission is expected to submit its final report to the UN Human Rights Council on 26 June 2015.

The report will no doubt reveal, inter alia,  the tragic situation of women in Eritrea although the problem was also very recently scrutinized by another specialized UN committee whose 6 March 2015 statement severely  criticized the Eritrean regime for utter failure to respect women’s rights  enshrined in a convention that the Eritrean regime itself has already signed.

The UN Committee on Convention to Eliminate all forms Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) discussed women’s situation in Eritrea on 26 February 2015. Its concluding observations contain serious concerns on lack of basic steps needed in the protection and promotion of women’s rights. It said no improvement in the situation can be expected without a constitution and respect of the rule of law.  

Prevalence of sexual abuse of women in the Eritrean army, absence of criminal action against sex offenders, the open-ended “national service” that force women and families to escape from the regime, and the presence of small arms at every corner in the country were mentioned among the concerns of the CEDAW committee that believed they should be addressed “as a matter of high priority”.  Listed below are excerpts from the CEDAW committee’s concluding observations.

From UN CEDAW Observations:

6: The Committee considers that the indefinite national service, the ineffective implementation of the 1997 Constitution and the suspension of the National Assembly, have resulted in a deterioration of the rule of law and resulted in a serious refugee crisis which pose a challenge to the implementation of the Convention. Therefore the Committee urges the State party to implement the recommendations contained in the present concluding observations as a matter of high priority.

8(e): Concerned about [t]he proliferation of small arms and the accessibility of firearms to individuals in the framework of the national service and their impact on the security of women.

9(b): Prevent, investigate, prosecute in criminal courts, and punish all cases of violence against women and girls in the national service and at the Sawa Military Training Centre, implement a policy of zero tolerance and provide legal aid, rehabilitation programmes and compensation to victims;

11(a): Ensure the effective implementation of the 1997 Constitution of Eritrea and expedite the planned Constitutional review process, within a clear timeframe and with transparent procedures …

13(b): Ensure that all cases of violence and discrimination against women covered by the Convention are brought under the jurisdiction of criminal instead of military courts, including when violations of the law are committed by military or public officials;

20(c): Alleged perpetrators of sexual violence against women in the national service are rarely prosecuted.

22. …it is concerned about reports that numerous women and girls, including unaccompanied children who are fleeing the country become victims of human trafficking and smuggling.

24. …it is concerned that women remain underrepresented in senior government positions and at reports that the measures taken only benefit women sharing the views of the political party in power.

25(b): Expeditiously hold free and fair elections to the National Assembly and other elected bodies, ensuring that all women, including those from disadvantaged groups and those holding divergent opinions, can vote and stand for election;

49: It also invites the State party to consider ratifying the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court [other international treaties].

EPDP delegation with party representatives from Angola, Kenya and Swaziland.

ሰልፊ ዲሞክራሲ ህዝቢ ኤርትራ (ሰዲህኤ)፡ ኣብ ዝካፈሎም ከም ናይ ኒያሚ፡ ላይፕዚግ፡ ስቶክሆልም፡ ቱኒስን ሮተርዳምን ዝኣመሰሉ መጋባእያታት ዘሕልፎም መልእኽትታት ብዛዕባ ነብሱ ዘይኰነስ፡ ብዛዕባ ኤርትራን ህዝባን ኢዩ ዝጣበቕ። ንኣብነት ምስ'ዚ ተታሓሒዙ ዘሎ ኣብ'ቲ ካብ 22-23 ግንቦት 2014 ኣብ ሮተርዳም፡ ሆላንድ እተጋብአ ዋዕላ ዝተዘርግሐ ኣብ ጥብቆ ዘሎ ጽሑፍ ተመልከት።

ኣብ ሮተርዳም ኣብ እተሰላሰለ ዋዕላ ገስጋሲ ምሕዝነት፡ ብኣባላት ልኡኽ ሰዲህኤ ዝተጻሕፉ ይኹኑ ዝተዘርግሑ መልእኽትታት፡ ብዛዕባ ጸገማት ህዝብና ጥራሕ ኢዩ ዝገልጹ። መራሕቲ ናይ ልኡኻት፡ ኣካያዲትን ውሳኔታት እትነድፍ ሽማግለን ናይ ምምይይጥ ዓውደታትን (ዎርክሾፕ) ዘካየድዎም ኣኼባታት ብዛዕባ "ጾታዊ ማዕርነት" ዝብል ቴማ ኢዮም ዘትዮም። ኣብ'ዚ ኣኼባታት'ዚ ድማ፡ ኣባላት ልኡኽ ሰዲህኤ፡ ብዛዕባ ኵነታት ደቂ ኣንስትዮ ኤርትራን ኤርትራውያን ስደተኛታትን ንምግላጽ ጽቡቕ ዕድል ረኺቦም ኢዮም።

ኣባላት ልኡኽ ሰዲህኤ ካብ የማን ንጸጋም (መንግስተኣብ ኣስመሮም፡ ወልደሱስ ዓማር፡ መሓሪ ተስፋማርያም፡ ኣድያም ተፈራ ምስግና)

ኣብ ግዜ ዕረፍቲ ድማ፡ ኣባላት ልኡኽ ሰዲህኤ፡ ምስ ኣባላት መሪሕነት መንግስታትን ሰልፍታትን እናተራኸቡ፡ ብዛዕባ ሃለዋት ኤርትራን ህዝብና ኣብ ዝሓልፉ 24 ዓመታት ዘሕልፎም መረርቲ ተመኵሮታትን ምግላጽ፡ ምልላይን ኣድራሻታት ምቅይያርን ዝኣመሰሉ ዕማማት የካይዱ ነይሮም።

ገስጋሲ ምሕዝነት 106 ናይ ዕዮ፡ ማሕበረ-ዲሞክራስያውያንን ዴሳውያንን ሰልፍታትን 30 ዝዀነ መሓዙት ማሕበራትን ዘጠቓልል ጽላል ኰይኑ ኣብ ዝተፈላለዩ ኵርንዓት ናይ ዓለም ዋዕላታት ይገብር። ኣብ ዋዕላ ሮተርዳም ዝተኻፈሉ ሰልፍታት 46 ኰይኖም ብዙሓት ካብኦም ድማ ኣብ ስልጣን ዘለዉ ሰልፍታት ኢዮም።

ኣባላት ልኡኽ ሰዲህኤ ምስ ኣቶ ሙስጣፋ ቢን ጃዕፈር፡ ኣቦ መንበር ማሕበረ-ዲሞክራስያዊ ሰልፊ ኣልተከቱል ናይ ቱኢዝያ። ቢን ጃዕፈር፡ ኣቦ መንበር ኮሚሽን ንቅዋም ናይ ቱኒዝያ ዝነደፈት ኮሚቴ ዝወሰድዎ ስእሊ።

ናብ ወደብ ሮተርዳም ብጃልባ ዑደት ኣብ ዝተገብረሉ ናይ ድራር ግብዣ፡ ወይዘሮ ኣድያም ተፈራ ምስግና፡ ምስ ወይዘሮ ኪርስተን ማየር፡ ኣህጕራዊት ሰክረታርያ ናይቲ ንዋዕላ ገስጋሲ ምሕዝነት ዘአንገደ ሰልፊ ዕዮ ሆላንድ፡ ተራኺባ ብዛዕባ ሃለዋት ደቂ ኣንስትዮ ኤርትራ ንምዕላል ዕድል ረኺባ።

ከንቲባ ከተማ ሮተርዳም፡ ኣቶ ኣሕመድ ኣቡጣልብ ምስ ኣባላት ልኡኽ ሰዲህኤ

ምሉእ ትሕዝቶ ናይ'ቲ ኣብ ዋዕላ ሮተርዳም ዝተዘርግሐ መልእኽቲ ሰዲህኤ ከም'ዚ ዝስዕብ ኢዩ።

መግለጺ ሰዲህኤ ብዛዕባ ጾታዊ ማዕርነትን ፍሓዊ ስራሕን ኣብ ዋዕላ ሮተርዳም፡ 22-23 ግንቦት 2015

ክቡራትን ክቡራንን ልኡኻት ኣሓት ሰልፍታትን ማሕበራትን

ንሕና፡ ነዚ መልእኽቲ'ዚ ነመሓላልፈልኩም ዘለና፡ ኣባላት ናይ'ቲ ብሰላማውን ፖለቲካውን ቃልሲ ኣብ ኤርትራ ዲሞክራስያዊ ለውጢ ንምምጻእ ዝቃለስ ዘሎ መሓዛኹም ዝዀነ ሰልፊ ዲሞክራሲ ህዝቢ ኤርትራ (ሰዲህኤ) ኢና። ሰዲህኤ፡ ሓደ ካብ'ቶም ቀንዲ ምእንቲ ዲሞክራስያዊ ለውጢ ዝቃለሱ ሰልፍታት ኰይኑ ኣባል ናይ'ቲ ብ24 ግንቦት 2013 ኣብ ላይፕዚግ እተሰላሰለ መስራቲ ጕባኤ ገስጋሲ ምሕዝነትን ተጣባቒ ናይ'ቶም ኣብኡ ዝጸደቑ ውሳኔታትን ኢዩ።

ኣብ ርእስ'ቲ፡ ገስጋሲ ምሕዝነት፡ ሰብኣዊ መሰላት፡ ናጽነት፡ ፍትሒ፡ ማሕበራዊ ማዕርነት፡ ዘላቒ ሰላምን ኣህጕራዊ ምድግጋፍን ንምርግጋጽ ዝኣተዎ መብጽዓታት፣ ኣብ ዋዕላ ሮተርዳም፡ ንጾታዊ ማዕርነት ከም ቀንዲ ቴማኡ ብምውሳድ፡ ብዛዕባ ኣብ ኵሉ ኵርንዓት ናይ ዓለም ዝርከባ ደቂ ኣንስትዮ፡ እንተላይ ብዛዕባ'ተን፡ ብመሰረት ጸብጻብ ፍልይቲ ሽማግለ ሕቡራት ሃገራት ዝጐሳቘላ ዘለዋ ደቂ ኣንስትዮ ኤርትራ ክዛተ ምምራጹ፡ ንሕና ከም ሰዲህኤ መጠን ክብ ዝበለ ክብርን ሓጐስን ይስምዓና። (ኣብ ታሕቲ ዘሎ ጥብቆ ተመልከት)

ክቡራትንን ክቡራንን ተኻፈልቲ ዋዕላ

ኣብ ኤርትራ ዘሎ ስርዓት ኣዝዩ ጸቓጥን ዲክታቶርያውን ስርዓት፡ ብሕጊ ዘይግዛእ ነቲ ብህዝቢ ዝጸደቐ ቅዋም ውን ፕረሲደንት ኤርትራ ብኢደ-ወነኑ ደው ከምዘበሎን ትፈልጡ ኢኹም። ኣብ ዝሓለፉ 24 ዓመታት ኣብ ኤርትራ ዝተኻየደ ሃገራዊ ምርጫታት የለን። ኤርትራ፡ ናጽነት ናይ ፕረስ፡ ናጽነት ናይ ምእካብን ካልኦት መሰረታውያን መሰላት ወዲሰብ፡ እንተላይ መሰል ናይ ኣምልኾ ዘይኽበረላ ሃገር ኢያ ኰይና ዘላ። እቲ ስርዓት ባዕሉ ዘቖሞ ፓርላማ፡ ኣብ ለካቲት 2002 ምስ ተኣከበ ብድሕሪኡ ተኣኪቡ ኣይፈልጥን።

ኣስገዳድ ዕስክርናን ደረት ዘይብሉ መደብ ሃገራዊ ኣገልግሎትን ወይ ድማ ባርነትን ናይ'ቶም ኣብ መንጐ 18 ክሳብ 70 ዓመታት ዝዕድሚኦም ዜጋታት ንንቡር ህይወት ናይ ኤርትራውያን ዘሪግዎ ኢዩ። ዝዀነ ይኹን ተቓውሞ ኣንጻር ፖሊሲታት ስርዓት ህግዲፍ፡ ናይ ማእሰርቲ፡ ዓዛብን ሞትን መቕጻዕቲ ኢዩ ዘስዕበልካ። ልዕሊ 10,000 ዝዀኑ እሱራት፡ ብዘይ ክስን ፍርድን፡ ኣብ 300 ኣብያተ-ማእሰርቲ ተዳጒኖም ኣለዉ። ኤርትራ፡ ከም ደውላ ናብ ፍሽለትን ምብትታንን ገጻ'ያ ተምርሕ ዘላ። እዚ ድማ ኣብ'ቲ ዞና ኣሉታዊ ኣሰራት ክህልዎ ኢዩ።

በማእት ዝቝጸሩ ኤርትራውያን ስደተኛታት ኣብ'ቲ ዞና ዘሕልፍዎ ዘለዉ ስቅያት ኣዝዩ ኣሻቓሊ ኢዩ። ኣብ ሊብያ፡ ሲናን ማእከላይ ባሕርን ንኤርትራውያን ስደተኛታት ዘጋጥሞም ዘሎ ሓደጋታት መርኣያ ናይ ሃለዋት ህዝቢ ኤርትራ ኣብ ውሽጢ ኢዮም።

ክቡራትን ክቡራንን ኣዕሩኽን መቓልስትን

ህዝብና ኣብ ትሕቲ ዘይጽወር ሕማቕ ምምሕዳር ዘሕልፎ ዘሎ ሓሳረ-መከራ፡ ንጾታዊ ማዕርነት ይኹን ፍትሓዊ ስራሕ ኣብ ግብሪ ንምውዓል ኣዝዩ ኣጸጋሚ ምዃኑ እናኣመትና፡ ተኻፈልቲ ዋዕላ ነዞም ዝስዕቡ ጕዳያት ግቡእ ትዅረት ክትህቡሎም ንምሕጸን።

1. ገስጋሲ ምሕዝነት፡ ብዛዕባ ሽግራት ቀርኒ ኣፍሪቃ ዝዝቲ ፍሉይ ኣኼባ ክጽውዕን ግዲኡ ኣብ ምቅላል ናይ'ዚ ጸገማት'ዚ እንታይ ምዃኑ ክግምግምን ሰዲህኤ ይጽውዕ፤

2. ንዘይመንግስታውያን ሲቪላውያንን ፖለቲካውያንን ተዋሳእቲ መተካእታ ናይ'ቲ ዲክታቶርያዊ ስርዓት ንምዃን ዘብቅዖም ናይ ዓቕሚ ምምዕባል ስልጠናታትን ደገፋትን ክግበረሎም፤

3. ኣብ ኣፍሪቃን ካልኦት ዘይምዕቡላት ዞባታትን ንዘሎ ዘይምዕሩይ ጾታዊ ኵነታት እትከታተል ፍልይቲ ኣካል ወይ ሽማግለ ምቛም።

ጾታዊ ማዕርነት ዝብል ቴማ ኣገዳሲ ምዃኑ ዘካትዕ ኣይኰነን። ግጉይ ፖሊሲታት ዲክታቶርያዊ ስርዓት ኤርትራ ንዅሉ ዜጋ ዝሃሲ'ኳ እንተዀነ፡ ሃሰያታቱ ኣብ ልዕሊ ማዕርነት ደቂ ኣንስትዮ ግን ዝኸፍአ ኢዩ። እቲ ኣብ ሜዳ ብቓልሰንን ብመስዋእተንን ዘረጋገጽኦ ዝምድናዊ ማዕርነት፡ ኣብ'ዞም ዝሓለፉ 24 ናይ ናጽነት ዓመታት ንድሕሪት ኢዮም ተመሊሶም። መታን ተኻፈልቲ ዋዕላ ሮተርዳም ግቡእ ግንዛበ ክህልወኩም፡ ሓደ ትካል ሕቡራት ሃገራት ዝገበሮ መጽናዕቲ ኣተሓሒዝና ሰደልኩም ኣለና።

ምስ ምስጋና

መንግስተኣብ ኣስመሮም

ኣቦ መንበር ሰዲህኤ

ብመርማሪት ኮሚቴ ሕቡራት ሃገራት ዝቐረበ ንኵነታት ደቂ ኣንስትዮ ኣብ ኤርትራ ዝገልጽ ጽሑፍ

መርማሪት ኮሚቴ ሕቡራት ሃገራት ኣብ ኤርትራ ካብ 1991 ኣትሒዛ ክሳብ ሕጂ ክፍጸም ዝጸንሐ ዘሰንብድ ግህሰት ሰብኣዊ መሰላት ክትእክብ ጸኒሓ። ኣብ ወርሒ መጋቢት 2015 ኣብ ዘቕረበቶ ክፊላዊ ጸብጻባ፡ ኣብ ኤርትራ ዝገዝእ ዘሎ ዲክታቶርያዊ ስርዓት ንናይ ህዝቢ ኤርትራ ናይ መጻኢ ተስፋታት ከምዘጸልመቶ ኢያ ጠቒሳ። እቶ ኮሚቴ ሕቡራት ሃገራት ናይ መወዳእታ ጸብጻባታ ኣብ ዝመጽእ ዘሎ ወርሒ ሰነ 2015 ኢያ ከተቕርብ።

እዚ ጸብጻብ'ዚ፡ ነቲ ዘሕዝን ሃለዋት ደቂ ኣንስትዮ ኤርትራ ዘቃልዕ ክኸውን ምዃኑ ዘጠራጥር ኣይኰነን። ቅድም ክብል፡ ኣብ 6 መጋቢት 2015 ብኻልእ ፍልይቲ ትካል ሕቡራት ሃገራት ዝወጸ መግለጺ፡ ንስርዓት ኤርትራ ብግህሰት ናይ'ቲ ዝፈረመሉ ውዕላት ሰብኣዊ መሰላት ዝኸስስን ዘቃልዕን'ዩ ነይሩ።

ኮሚቴ ሕቡራት ሃገራት ኣንጻር ኣብ ልዕሊ ደቂ ኣንስትዮ ዝፍጸም ኵሉ ዓይነት ኣድልዎን ፍልልያትን ብ26 ለካቲት 2015 ብዛዕባ ሃለዋት ደቂ ኣንስትዮ ኤርትራ ተዘራሪቡ። ንመሰላት ደቂ ኣንስትዮ ኤርትራ ንምኽባር ክውሰድ ዘለዎ መሰረታዊ ስጕምታት ዘይምህላዉ ድማ ኣዝዩ ኣሻቓሊ ጸገም'ዩ ኣብ ዝብ መደምደምታ በጺሑ። ብዘይ ግዝኣተ-ሕግን ብዘይ ቅዋምን እዚ መሰላት'ዚ ክሕሎ ከምዘይከኣል ድማ ኣስሚርሉ።

ኣብ ሰራዊት ኤርትራ ብስፍሓት ዝግሃድ ዘሎ ጾታዊ ዓመጽ፡ ኣንጻር ዓመጽቲ ዝውሰድ ሕጋዊ ስጕምታት ዘይምህላው፡ ደቂ ኣንስትዮን ስድራታትን ክሃድማ ዝድርኽ ዘሎ ደረት ዘይብሉ ሃገራዊ ኣገልግሎትን ኣብ ኵሉ ኵርንዓት ኤርትራ ተዘርጊሑ ዘሎ ንኣሽቱ ብረትን ገለ ካብ'ቶም ነቲ ኮሚቴ ዘሻቕሉ ጕዳያት ምዃኖም ተጠቒሶም። ስዒቡ ገለገለ ካብ'ቲ ጸብጻብ ዝተረኽቡ ጥቕስታት በብቕጽሮም ከነስዐልኩም ኢና።

6. ደረት ዘይብሉ ሃገራዊ ኣገልግሎት፡ ናይ 1997 ቅዋም ኣብ ግብሪ ዘይምውዓሉን ንባይቶ ኤርትራ ምድስካልን ግዝኣተ-ሕጊ ከይሰፍን ዓንቂፉ። ከም ሳዕቤኑ ድማ፡ ነቲ ውዕል ኣብ ግብሪ ንምትርጓም ዘየኽእል ዋሕዚ ናይ ስደተኛታት ኣኸቲሉ። ስለ'ዚ፡ እቲ ኣብ ስልጣን ዘሎ ሰልፊ (ህግዲፍ ማለት ኢዩ) ነዚ ኣብ ጸብጻብ ተዘርዚሩ ዘሎ ትዕዝብትታት ኣብ ግብሪ ከውዕሎ ኣለዎ፤

8(e)፡ ብዛዕባ'ቲ ብስም ሃገራዊ ኣገልግሎት ተዘርጊሑ ዘሎ ማእለያ ዘይብሉ ፈኰስቲ ብረት ኣብ ልዕሊ ደቂ ኣንስትዮ ዝፈጥሮ ጸጥታዊ ስግኣት ከም ዘሎ ብምግንዛብ፤

9(b). ኣብ ልዕሊ ደቂ ኣንስትዮን ኣዋልድን ኣብ ወተሃደራዊ መደበር ታዕሊም ሳዋ ዝፍጸሙ ኵሉ ዓይነት ግፍዕታት ምክልኻል፡ ምምርማርን ንገበነኛታት ኣብ ቅድሚ ሕጊ ከምዝቐርቡ ምግባር ብሓደ ሸነኽ፤ ነተን ግዳያት ድማ፡ ሕጋው ደግፍን ናይ ትሃድሶ መደባት ምስራዕን ካሕሳ ከምዝኽፈለን ምግባርን፤

11(a)፡ ናይ 1997 ቅዋም ኤርትራ ኣብ ግብሪ ከምዝውዕል ምግባርን ነቲ በብእዋኑ ክግበር ተመዲቡ ንቅዋም ደጊምካ ምርኣይ ዝብል መስርሕ ብግሉጽ ኣገባብን ኣብ ግዜኡን ምክያድ፤

13(b)፡ ኣብ ልዕሊ ደቂ ኣንስትዮ ዝፍጸሙ ኣብ'ቲ ውዕል ተጠቒሶም ዘለዉ ዓመጻትን ፍልልያትን ኣብ ክንዲ ኣብ ወተሃደራዊ ቤት ፍርዲ፣ ኣብ'ቶም እንተላይ ንወተሃደራትን ሰበስልጣንን ብይን ዝህቡ ናይ ገበነኛታት ቤት ፍርዲ ከምዝርኣዩ ምግባር፤

20(c)፡ ኣብ ልዕል ደቂ ኣንስትዮ ስጋዊ ዓመጽ ዝፍጽሙ ገበነኛታት ኣብ ሳዋ፡ ኣብ ቅድሚ ሕጊ ሳሕቲ እንተዘይኰይኑ ኣይቀርቡን ኢዮም፤

22. ....ብዛዕባ'ቶም ብዙሓት ካብ ሃገሮም ዝሃድሙ ዘለዉ ደቂ ኣንስትዮን ኣዋልድን እንተላይ ኣለይቲ ዘይብሎም ህጻናት ብዙሕ'ዩ ዘሻቕለና፤

24. ... ደቂ ኣንስትዮ ኣብ ላዕለዋይ ናይ መንግስቲ ጽፍሕታት ብግቡእ ዘይተወከላ ምዃነን ዘሻቕል ኢዩ። እተን ኣብ ላዕለዋይ ስልጣን ዘለዋ ደቂ ኣንስትዮ ንርእይቶ ናይ ህግደፍ ዝድግፋ ጥራሕ ኢየን፤

25 (b)፡ ንሃገራዊ ባይቶን ካልኦት ብውድድር ዝቖሙ ኣካላትን ዝግበሩ ምርጫታት ናጻን ፍትሓውን ኰይኖም፡ ኵለን ደቂ ኣንስትዮ እንተላይ እተን ዝተፈልየ ርእይቶ ዘለወንን ኣባላት ህሱያት ጕጀለታት ዝዀናን ደቂ ኣስንትዮ ክመርጻን ክምረጻን ዘፍቅድ ክኸውን ይግባእ፤

49፡ እቲ ናይ መንግስታዊ ሰልፊ፡ ነቲ ናይ ኣህጕራዊ ቤት ፍርዲ ዝምልከት ቅዋም ሮማ ከጽድቕ ክቕበልን ንዕድም።

ልኡኽ ሰዲህኤ ምስ ወከልቲ ሰልፍታት ካብ ኣንጎላ፡ ከንያን ስዋዚላንድን

ልኡኽ ሰልፊ ኣብ ዝተፈላለዩ ንጥፈታት ክዋሳእ እነክሎ