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Almost 40 percent of women in Eritrea are married by their 21st birthday. Limited access to education is associated with the high prevalence of child marriage in Eritrea. 64% of women aged 20–24 with no education and 53% with primary education were married by 21 years old, compared to just 12% of women with secondary education or higher. [12]
Eritrea is a source country for trafficking, with men, women, and children subjected to forced labor and, to a lesser extent, forced prostitution. The country's national service program requires men aged 18–54 and women aged 18–47 to serve for 18 months in military and non-military public works and services.
Mohamed Babiker said Eritrea has a policy of indefinite national service, including a civil service component and a military service component. UN investigator says Eritreans experienced torture ...
2. ^ As of 24 May (Independence Day) in 1993; 1 January thereafter. 3. ^ The 1982 report covers the year 1981 and the first half of 1982, and the following 1984 report covers the second half of 1982 and the whole of 1983. In the interest of simplicity, these two aberrant "year and a half" reports have been split into three year-long reports ...
Flaming cars, violent clashes, dozens of people detained. As one of the world’s most repressive countries marks 30 years of independence, festivals held by Eritrea's diaspora in Europe and North ...
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Source: [4]. 1 January - New Year's Day; 7 January - Orthodox Christmas 19 January - Epiphany 10 February - Fenkil Day; 8 March - International Women's Day 29 March – Good Friday