Eritrean Women
Women deserve recognition for their contributions to Eritrea. This recognition needs to contain an acknowledgement of the injustices committed against them as they work to uplift the community.
During the Ethiopian occupation, women contributed greatly to the resistance movement. They fought alongside the men in the EPLF, the Eritrean People's Liberation Front. Following the Marxist philosophy the EPLF decided that equality among men and women would be one of the focal points of their organization. They followed the slogan "No liberation without women's participation".Even though they touted women's equality, this was not the reality. Women were not exactly recognized. Instead, they wore androgynous clothing and inhabited a masculine role.