TIMRAN (ትምራን)

A two day experience sharing and solidarity forum on women in peace process and policy advocacy concluded

A two day #experience sharing and #solidarity forum on #women in peace process and #policy advocacy organized by #TIMRAN in collaboration with #GIZ- Civil Peace Service (CPS) held from February 26-27, 2025 @skylight hotel, Addis Ababa concluded.

In the first day of the event Betelhem Alem, TIMRAN senior program officer, welcomed the participants and briefly introduced the agendas and the aim of the workshop within the two day event.

On her opening remark TIMRAN Executive Directress, Eyerusalem Solomon, said TIMRAN established five years ago to advance #women’s participation in politics and public decision-making in Ethiopia regardless of their political opinion or party affiliation. She noted that TIMRAN contributed to the #national peace building process through different #women peace initiatives including work for #meaningful representation of women in the #Ethiopian National Dialogue process, #advocate the cause, #monitor the process and able to achieve #30% quota for women in the process. Besides, she strives to women meaningful representation in the #transitional justice process. Lastly, she asked the participants to actively participate and share their experiences on #women peace advocacy strategy development.

The event facilitator and consultant, Selamawit Menkir provided insights into key peace process concepts, including #dialogue, #negotiation, #mediation, and #reconciliation to achieve lasting peace. She emphasized the critical need for women’s meaningful participation in all levels of peace processes in both formal negotiations with government and international actors and informal peacebuilding efforts led by CSOs, religious leaders, and women’s groups. She also highlighted that multi-stakeholder engagement and trust-building are key to sustainable peace. And emphasized the need for #national peace processes, strategies and documents to be #trauma-informed, #conflict-sensitive, and #human rights based principled. She highlighted the importance of creating safe spaces for women and #building their capacity to actively and meaningfully participate in peace processes.

The event brought together #women ambassadors, #parliamentarians, #government office representatives, #media practitioners, #CSOs leaders, #women federation and association heads, Gender advocates as well as #child parliamentarians. Participants actively engaged in the experience-sharing workshop and contributed valuable insights toward developing an #Advocacy strategy document aimed at enhancing women's participation in high-level peace processes, including peace talks, mediation, negotiations, and arbitration at the national level.

On her closing remark, GIZ-CPS International Peace Advisor, Marsha Linnartz, said the experience sharing and solidarity forum on women in peace process and policy advocacy provided a valuable platform to build #networks, foster #collaboration, and strengthen #solidarity. She emphasized that such initiatives are essential for advancing women’s meaningful representation in peace processes and ensuring their meaningful participation in decision-making.

#TIMRAN@5

ትምራን በኢትዮጵያ የሽግግር ፍትሕ ሂደቶች ውስጥ የሴቶች ተሳትፎ በተመለከተ የተዘጋጀ የዳሰሳ ጥናት ማረጋገጫ የውይይት መድረክ አካሄደች
ትምራን ከዩኤን ውሜን እና ካናዳ ፈንድ ፎር ሎካል ኢንሺየቲቭ የተሰኙ ዓለም አቀፍ ተቋማት ጋር በመተባበር በኢትዮጵያ የሽግግር ፍትሕ ሂደቶች ውስጥ የሴቶች ተሳትፎ በተመለከተ የዳሰሳ ጥናት ማረጋገጫ የውይይት መድረክ የካቲት 06 ቀን 2017 ዓ.ም አካሄደች።
በመድረኩ ላይ ቁልፍ ንግግር ያደረጉት በዩኤን ውሜን የፕሮግራም ኦፊሰር የሆኑት ነጋ ገርባባ፣ የሽግግር ፍትሕ ሂደት ውስብስብ፣ ብዙ ዓመታት የሚወስድ፣ ረጅም ሂደት ያለው በርካታ ተግባራት ያለው ጉዳይ ነው ብለዋል።
በትምራን ሐሳብ አመንጪነት የተካሄደው ጥናት ሴቶች በሽግግር ፍትሕ ሂደቶች ውስጥ ስለሚኖራቸው ሚና፣ መልካም አጋጣሚዎች፣ ተግዳሮቶች፣ የመፍትሔ ሐሳቦች እና በሂደቱ ውስጥ ሴት መሪዎችን ለመለየት የተካሄደ መሆኑን ጠቁመዋል።
አክለውም ዩኤን ውሜን የሽግግር ፍትሕ ሂደቶችን ትግበራ ለማገዝ ከኢፌዴሪ ፍትሕ ሚኒስቴር ጋር አብሮ መሥራት እንደሚቀጥል ጠቁመዋል። በዳሰሳ ጥናቱ ላይ ተሳትፎ ለነበራቸው ባለሞያዎች በሙሉ ምስጋና አቅርበዋል።
TIMRAN conducted a workshop to validate an assessment of women's participation in the Ethiopian TJ processes
TIMRAN in partnership with UN WOMEN and Canada Fund for Local Initiatives conducted an assessment of women's participation in the Ethiopian TJ processes.
To validate the assessment a workshop organized on February 13, 2025, G.C. at Addis Ababa.
On the event opening remark, UN WOMEN Program Officer, Nega Gerbaba, said a Transitional Justice process is complex, will consume long time and many activities.
The assessment conducted with the initiative of TIMRAN aspired to indicate the role of women in the TJ processes, opportunities, challenges, solutions and identify women leaders within the process.
He noted that UN WOMEN will continue to work with FDRE Ministry of Justice in the TJ processes implementation. And he thanked the researchers participated with in the assessment.
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