Ransacking Tigray of Its Industrial Infrastructure: An Attack on Women’s Livelihoods
It has been reported that the genocidal Ethiopian government is systematically and deliberately ransacking industrial infrastructure and manufacturing machinery from Tigray. This represents an economic violence on the region’s recovery, productive capacity, and development. Ransacking critical industrial assets deprives Tigray of the tools needed to rebuild its economy, generate employment, restore livelihoods, and establish sustainable economic self-reliance. Factories are not merely assets. They represent jobs, skills, investment, production capacity, and the economic foundations on which communities depend. Ransacking factories undermines the ability of local businesses to resume operations, creates further barriers to reconstruction, and risks prolonging economic hardship in a region already devastated by the genocidal war. Women and Girls Bear a Disproportionate Burden The consequences extend far beyond factory walls. Women and girls, who already face significant...
