Best wishes to Charles Kwemoi, Head of 🇪🇹 program & Deputy Country Rep. of UN Human Rights EARO, as he embarks on his next chapter. His unwavering commitment to human rights has been an inspiration to UN Ethiopia team & our partners. Thank you for championing dignity, equality & justice.

Today, UN Human Rights EARO Director Marcel Akpovo met Hon. Hanna Arayaselassie, Minister of Justice (FDRE Ministry of Justice ኢ.ፌ.ዴ.ሪ ፍትህ ሚኒስቴር), to congratulate her & discuss human rights in Ethiopia. They stressed collaboration on transitional justice, accountability, due process, civic space & UPR recommendations.

UN Human Rights EARO supported GIMAC Network at the #41GIMAC CSO meeting (Feb 8-9, Addis) ahead of AU Summit. Focus: justice & reparations for African women. Key asks: adoption of the AU convention on EVAWG, women’s participation, financial reforms, land rights, and education. #41GIMAC

On #InternationalWomensDay, we honour women human rights defenders & their fight for equality - but progress faces pushback. Rollbacks on bodily autonomy & restricted healthcare deny women's freedoms. Online abuse silences & harms. Yet #WHRDs persevere. We must stand with them.

March 8 is International Women’s Day! Under "Her Rights, Our Future, Right Now", we honor women activists & feminist movements who’ve built fairer, more resilient societies. Women’s rights are human rights. We must protect past gains & keep fighting! #HerRightsOurFuture #IWD2025

The history of women’s rights is a legacy we must protect. 📖✨ Today, as many seek to roll back hard-won gains, we pledge to stand with women human rights defenders ✊💜 & feminist movements worldwide, amplifying their voices 🔊 & supporting their calls to action.

#InternationalWomensDay is a moment to celebrate the women & girls 👩🏽‍🤝‍👩🏼 whose activism has reshaped our world. From ending violence 🚫🟣 to defending bodily autonomy ✊, their fight is our shared future. We must listen 👂, support 🤝 & act 🔥 for #HerRightsOurFuture, right now.

End GBV! #HerRightsOurFuture Women & girls have the right to live free from violence—essential for equality. GBV is preventable! CEDAW Gen. Rec. 35 urges States to act by promoting women’s autonomy & agency. Safe women, thriving societies. Act now! #IWD2025 #EndGBV #IStandWithHer

#Happeningnow “For Every Woman, Every Right” is the theme that brings together 16,000 woman and girls in the #WomenFirstRun to celebrate the power, resilience & leadership of women. Together, let’s recommit to accelerate gender equality #ForAllWomenAndGirls. Great Ethiopian Run

The Beijing Declaration is the world’s boldest plan for #GenderEquality, tackling jobs, peace, violence and power since 1995. Today, at the #WomenFirstRun, we mark #Beijing30. But the fight isn’t over. We must: 💪 Push harder 🗣 Speak louder ✅ Act NOW #ForAllWomenAndGirls

Digital Spaces Must Be Safe for Women! 58% of women & girls experience online harassment. Online GBV is real, harming safety, rights & participation. The internet is women’s space too! Protect, empower & demand accountability. #HerRightsOurFuture #StopOnlineGBV #IWD2025

My Body, My Rights! #SRHR 256M women & girls lack access to contraception. Unsafe abortion causes 13% of maternal deaths. SRHR = gender equality, autonomy & choice. We must ensure access to contraception, safe abortion & CSE for all! #IWD2025 #HerRightsOurFuture #BodilyAutonomy

Knowledge is Power! Comprehensive Sexuality Education (CSE) = informed choices, gender equality & prevention of GBV. CSE empowers youth to know their rights & health. Education is key to change! #CSE #IWD2025 #HerRightsOurFuture

UN Human Rights EARO, in collaboration with the AUC_PAPS, #IGAD, and #ITJA-EU, convened an inception meeting with IGAD Member States to begin drafting a Regional Transitional Justice Framework — Djibouti, 3 April 2025.

OHCHR-EARO Director & RR Marcel Akpovo and Deputy Country Representative Joseph Noubadoum met with the Indian Ambassador to Ethiopia and the African Union to discuss the human rights situation in Ethiopia and the region.