Review of African Political Economy
Review of African Political Economy - Vol. 22 No. 66
Eritrea: Starting from Scratch
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Abstract of Briefing
Title:Eritrea: Starting from Scratch
Author:Dan Connell
Location:Vol.22 No.66 (December 1995), pp587-592
 Asmara, Eritrea - shortly after Eritrea's war for independence ended, men in many villages and towns began to form secret committees to block women from peacetime distributions of land. 'The men were rushing to divide the good land for housing and for agriculture before we established our rights' , says Askalu Menkarios, who heads the 200,000-member National Union of Eritrean Women.

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