Conference Proceedings of the Project dldl/ድልድል and EMIRTA Annual Conference

The project has numerous partners, collaborators and supporters in Ethiopia and the UK, who include the Ethio- pian Women Lawyers Association, the Ethiopian Orthodox Church Development and Inter-Church Aid Commission (EOC-DICAC), the EMIRTA/እምርታ Research, Training and Development Institute in Ethiopia and the Fnot (ፍኖት) Psychosocial Counselling Charitable Organization The first two years of the pr. [...] The pre- sentation explores the challenges in accessing Bangladeshi women in talking about their experiences of domestic violence I examine violence in the home and hear directly from women about their lived experiences of abuse that is hidden in the community My research explores the impact and challenges of the societal, cultural, and religious perception and the diversity of women’s ex- perienc. [...] This is set against the background of the civil war in Somalia during the Barre regime and the consequent disintegration of Somalia and the migration of thousands of Somalis, including herself Tears of the Desert by Halima Bashar Sudan has, also, been torn by civil war which has claimed - and is still claiming - the lives of many men and women The Islamic fundamentalist government had sought to do. [...] In case of GBV and other personal or group conflicts, the members of the Ruufoo Marabbaa intervene and consider the case to bring about justice for the victim Gaarayyuu is an institution concerned with boy-girl friendships and protection; a girl enters it at her own request, with the consent of her family The boy has the right to play with her outside the home (such as publicly performing traditio. [...] This shows the recognition of the state of human beings which is apparent to all and practical ways of restoring sanity This, together with the Orthodox understanding of what it means to be a human being, and specifically a women considering the realities of the world, provides a way that the women’s movement can return to its roots in a Christian ethic Conclusion From the Orthodox theological per.