Ethiopia: Trafficking Beyond Borders

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By Lulama Moyo, ECADF Human trafficking is a huge issue that plagues Ethiopian communities. But trafficking beyond the country’s borders has added more complexity to this issue. Many women, men, and children from Ethiopia have been subjected to forced labor and...

The Charities and Societies Proclamation and its impact on human rights and women’s rights activism in Ethiopia

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Four years after a draconian law stymied the work of civil society associations in Ethiopia, it has remained imperative to search for ways and means of the public making its input towards ensuring its entitlement to human rights, needs satisfaction and human...

Call For Papers: Fourth International Conference of Ethiopian Women in the Diaspora March 7, 2015 Washington DC, USA

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The Role of Civil Society Organization (CSOs) in the Upcoming Elections in Ethiopia  Call for papers  Civil society organizations (CSOs) flourished in Ethiopia from early 1990s to 2005 better than ever before. Some of these civil society organizations focused on...

Gang rape spurs calls for reform in Ethiopia

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Women\’s rights activists are demanding change after Hanna Lalango, 16, was gang-raped on a bus and left for dead. By Jacey Fortin, Aljazeera Addis Ababa, Ethiopia – Inside a gated home on the western outskirts of Ethiopia\’s capital, a picture of...

Kidnapped, Raped and Left for Dead: Who Will Protect Ethiopia’s Girls?

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By Rediet Wegayehu, The Guardian One day in early October, Hanna Lalango, 16, did not return from school to her home in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa, at the usual time. Her father Lalongo Hayesso was worried about his youngest daughter. “We waited for her at her...