Paper short abstract:

The paper focuses on the analysis of the manpower of Dolcevita Factory in Asmara, starting from its privatization in 2004. The importance of this case study lies in the particular context in which the private textile sector is investing and in the socio-economic effects.

Paper long abstract:

The paper focuses on the analysis of the manpower of Dolcevita Factory in Asmara, starting from its privatization in 2004. The most of the "working population" is female in a cultural context that used to consider the man as breadwinner. The organization within the Factory is aimed to ease female evereyday life and to reduce the absenteeism, so there are a kindergarten and the company canteen. Thanks to ethnodemography it is possible to carry out a business ethnodemographic research based on original data concerning the manpower. Furthermore, it is possible to compare production and employment levels; the demographic trends at the national level and inside the Factory. Moreover, the aim of this research in progress is to analyse the impact of the socio-economic effects due to the female labour market on the traditional gender role system. In nowadays Eritrea, the opportunity to work in the private sector represents a new trend by the national service based on the idea of self-reliance and can garantee a better salary than the national service. The ethonodemographic method tries to use both quantitative and qualitative data, in order to promote an emic interpretation of the quantitative trends and to carry out an exhaustive research.