Protection clusters bring together protection partners who have the necessary expertise, resources, access, and capacity. They are integral to the cluster approach adopted by the Inter-Agency Standing Committee (IASC) for non-refugee humanitarian crises.
UNHCR leads the Global Protection Cluster (GPC) and co-leads the Global Cluster for Shelter and the Global Cluster for Camp Coordination and Camp Management (CCCM). Its priorities are to ensure effective leadership, coordination, advocacy, and operational delivery at the country level, and to drive and influence the development of global policy on protection in humanitarian action, including the protection of IDPs in particular.
EWRA is an active member of the UNHCR protection cluster and learned from the experiences of other members.
The Network of Ethiopian Women’s Associations (NEWA) is a non-partisan and non-governmental network established in 2003 by a group of women seeking to create synergy and a stronger advocacy voice for women’s advancement; it was established by 13 local associations and organizations. Currently, NEWA had reached a membership of more than 42 organizations and associations working for women and children. EWRA is one of the active members and Chair of the NEWA General Assembly.
Women Economic Empowerment (WEE) designed a comprehensive and multi-sectoral programming approach to contribute to sustainable and scalable economic empowerment of rural and urban women/girls in Ethiopia. The program encompasses interlinked and integrated interventions aiming at sustainable results and multiplier effects. Promoting and Supporting Enabling Policy, Legal, and Social Environment; Enhancement of Institutional and Individual Capacities and Private Sectors Engagement are the key central programmatic components across all the interventions.
EWRA is one of implementing partners and Resource mobilization team members for the Regional WEE hub.
The coalition for women’s voices in the national dialogue was established on March 16, 2022, representing 22 CSOs working for women’s rights in Ethiopia. The aim of the coalition is to ensure women’s meaningful representation in the Ethiopian national dialogues process and the process to respond and address Ethiopian women’s needs, perspectives, priorities, and aspirations.
EWRA is an active member in the collation and working to contribute to enhancing women’s role in the national dialogue.