OFFICE TO MONITOR AND COMBAT TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS 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...
January 2, 2015 BEIRUT – Migrant domestic workers in Lebanon are set to protect their rights under a trade union — the first such syndicate in the Arab world where more than 2.4 million foreign domestic workers labour under often harsh conditions. The Labor...
In spite of a law that prohibits early marriage practices in Ethiopia, it is widely practiced in rural as well as urban areas. According to the population and housing census[1], at country level, of the total 10,412,226 population between the age categories of 10–14...
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...
In order to push gender equality forward, we need to measure and track gender gaps over time. That\’s precisely the goal of the World Economic Forum (WEF)\’s annual Global Gender Gap Index, which published its latest report last week. It analyzes the gaps...
Girl Hub, Ethiopian girls routinely face challenges such as child marriage, early pregnancy, violence, household chores and isolation.These challenges are most likely to affect girls aged 10-19. As a result, less than half of girls finish primary school and of those...
