Freweini Tekle Kidane is a PhD candidate at the Makerere Institute of Social Research (MISR). Broadly, her research interest lies on macro and micro economic policies, peace-building, labour, land, agrarian and gender questions, human right etc. Currently, she is studying the political economy of state and nation-building process of post-colonial Eritrea and its impact on production, social reproduction and gender relations. Freweini is affiliated with the Research and Documentation Center of Eritrea (RDC), Makerere Institute of Social Research (MISR) and Young African Researchers in Agriculture (YARA).