Asmara

work after giving birth, Feruza started working by selling tickets at the Asmara airport. While the topic of working mothers was an issue that caused many couples marital strains, Feruza’s husband didn’t mind that she worked. When enjoying an evening out with friends in bars at night, it was other on-lookers that judged her and questioned why a mother was out with a bunch of single women, rather than her husband. Many people held the mentality that Feruza’s husband needed to keep her at home instead of letting her out to enjoy drinks with friends. Feruza ignored these people and continued as she pleased, which largely due to the fact she had a maid at home that took care of her daughter. From this, one can draw the assumption that class contributed to an immense difference in the liberties a woman enjoyed. When the maid was not working, Feruza and her husband both took care of the child equally and Feruza also made household decisions. She never thought of her husband as the head of the household and led a very independent lifestyle despite being married. These were traits she carried from observing her mother while growing up. When asked if she faced sexual harassment at her work or if there was inequality in treatment of colleagues, Feruza said that her male co-workers were respectful and she felt safe at work because she even had a female boss. Even the matter of having only child was controversial in Asmara. When Feruza had only one daughter, she says she felt pressure to…

border fights for about 30 years until a major war broke out in 1998 which lasted 2 years. In May, 1991, Eritrea had gained its independence from Ethiopia; however, the fight didn't stop there. In May of 2000, Eritrea was officially separated from Ethiopia. Since then, Eritrea and Ethiopia government haven't reunited yet. During the war, villagers had to leave their land and flee to the urban areas. My farmer uncle had to move into our house with his kids and his wife who had just given birth…

part in diminishing the dominant and submissive roles and replacing them with two codependent equal roles, a healthy marital relationship of respect and dignity will ensue. In developing nations, many cultures feel as if girls need to be provided for more as they become older. A notions exists that girls will die unless they are married young. The film Girl Rising reveals, “while the law says 18 is the age to be married, girls are usually married by 13 due to cultural practices in (developing…

Freedom of speech should not be restricted when it comes to peaceful protest. Peaceful protest have a very good advantage that would bring an issue to light. Countries like Eritrea (East Africa) are not allowed to have protest against the government because the government is dictatorial. “In an interview with VOA 's English to Africa service Thursday in the capital, Asmara, President Isaias said his government is not interested in keeping people from expressing their views, but that he will do…

see members of the group to solve the problems of Sudan is to resort to religion, unity and away from the points of contention, to remove the hands of State playing for the country and for the intervention of Arab and Muslim resolve the dispute. The role of foreign powers by the crisis: Eritrea and Israel over the period in the early nineties of the last century through the peak of the crisis in 2003 and so far has been the pace of anti-Eritrean to the unity of Sudan continues as to turn the…

allowing the Ugandan army soldiers to infiltrate the vitality of the Acholi people (Samuels 2015; Finnström 2009). The rumors in both cases “say something profound about lived realities,” (Finnström 2009: 62) which is that, in both societies, women were readily scorned in times of trauma or stress (Samuels 2015; Finnström 2009). They revealed a systemic misogyny present in both societies. A crucial difference between these two articles, however, is that the first article provides the ways in…

taught Italian so that it can be used as a language of communication throughout Ethiopia. Overall the Fascist Italian schooling systems that were implemented throughout Ethiopia during the Italian occupation were highly political and military based and these harsh burdens on the education had long lasting effects long after Ethiopia regained its independence. Unlike the rest of Ethiopia, the one region where education was encouraged during the Italian occupation is known as modern day Eritrea…