Obama\’s call to end female genital mutilation yet to reach Ethiopia\’s villages

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The Guardian. While some Ethiopians praise the US president’s speech in Addis Ababa, other activists are concerned his message did not reach the people who needed to hear it the most in remote, traditional villages where circumcision continues. When she was a girl,...

Migrants seeking better lives pass through Ethiopian border town Metema

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By ELIAS MESERET, Associated Press METEMA, Ethiopia (AP) — The mood in the border town of Metema these days is quiet and watchful. Dozens of houses on the hot, dusty main road that stretches from Ethiopia into Sudan look like they have been hastily closed. Guards...

Ethiopia : Gender Fact Sheet

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Global Women in Leadership and Political Participation

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Source: UN Women Only 22 per cent of all national parliamentarians were female as of January 2015, a slow increase from 11.3 per cent in 1995 [1]. As of January 2015, 10 women served as Head of State and 14 served as Head of Government [2]. Rwanda had the highest...

Ethiopia’s capital largest prostitution hub in Africa: Girls as young as 8 years old forced into prostitution

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Refuge Network International Ethiopia is a source and, to a lesser extent, destination and transit country for men, women, and children who are subjected to forced labor and sex trafficking. Girls from Ethiopia’s rural areas are exploited in domestic servitude and,...

Ethiopia\’s women vow to turn tide of violence, rape and murder

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The Guardian. The low social status of Ethiopian women lies at the root of violence against them and the tragic cases of two teenagers have galvanized female activists in their efforts to tackle it. Tejnesh Leweg’neh, a 15-year-old from Ethiopia’s mountainous northern...