A name with a symbolic meaning
A Siiqqee is a carved stick traditionally given to women of the Oromo peoples of Ethiopia on the day of their wedding, a tradition that has mostly disappeared today. It symbolised the importance of their role in the houselhold. As this symbol, it clearly embodied the respect due a wife and mother. If or when a married woman ever had difficulties with her husband, she could take this Siiqqee and walk out into the village streets. Other women, upon seeing her, would take their own Siiqqees and join her at a rallying place. There they would wait until the men in the village came to find them and the issue was resolved.
In this way, the term Siiqqee can only embody the respect owed women. It is the ideal symbol for the work undertaken by Siiqqee Women's Development Association, or SWDA
Siiqqee Women’s Development Association
Siiqqee Women’s Development Association (SWDA) is a local Ethiopian NGO, working towards women’s empowerment in rural Ethiopia. SWDA was founded in 1997 by a committed Ethiopian woman with the strong belief that poor women should be assisted in their self-help efforts and ultimately empowered to control their livelihoods and their futures. SWDA is registered with the Ethiopian Ministry of Justice and with the Disaster Prevention and Preparedness Commission (DPPC), since 1997, and is a member of CRDA (Ethiopian NGO association) since January 2002.
SWDA began its operation in Alem Gena Woreda of Southwest Showa Zone, Oromia Regional State, and still focuses most of its efforts in this area.
For more information about the Siiqqee Women't Development Association, please visit their website at http://www.siiqqee.org/.
A Siiqqee is a carved stick traditionally given to women of the Oromo peoples of Ethiopia on the day of their wedding, a tradition that has mostly disappeared today. It symbolised the importance of their role in the houselhold. As this symbol, it clearly embodied the respect due a wife and mother. If or when a married woman ever had difficulties with her husband, she could take this Siiqqee and walk out into the village streets. Other women, upon seeing her, would take their own Siiqqees and join her at a rallying place. There they would wait until the men in the village came to find them and the issue was resolved.
In this way, the term Siiqqee can only embody the respect owed women. It is the ideal symbol for the work undertaken by Siiqqee Women's Development Association, or SWDA
Siiqqee Women’s Development Association
Siiqqee Women’s Development Association (SWDA) is a local Ethiopian NGO, working towards women’s empowerment in rural Ethiopia. SWDA was founded in 1997 by a committed Ethiopian woman with the strong belief that poor women should be assisted in their self-help efforts and ultimately empowered to control their livelihoods and their futures. SWDA is registered with the Ethiopian Ministry of Justice and with the Disaster Prevention and Preparedness Commission (DPPC), since 1997, and is a member of CRDA (Ethiopian NGO association) since January 2002.
SWDA began its operation in Alem Gena Woreda of Southwest Showa Zone, Oromia Regional State, and still focuses most of its efforts in this area.
For more information about the Siiqqee Women't Development Association, please visit their website at http://www.siiqqee.org/.
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