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Op-ed: Assuring women, young girls a life free from violence should be everyone’s business
Solomon Ayele Dersso (PhD) & Aya Chebbi, for Addis Standard Addis Abeba, November 29/2019 – Violence, weather in the form of verbal abuse, online trolls, sexual harassment, physical assault or rape, remains to be the most common form of oppression that women and young girls face. It is so pervasive. …
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News: Addis Abeba hosts the first annual all-women in Ethiopia academia conference
Etenesh Abera Addis Abeba, November 25/2019 – Setaweet Movement, a movement established to “create a space for dialogue, research and activism by Ethiopian women and men,” organized its first Annual All-Women Academia Conference on Saturday, November 23, 2019 under the theme ‘’Writing our rights.’’ Loza Tsegaye the project coordinator for …
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News: Melinda Gates to visit Ethiopia, scheduled to meet PM Abiy, President Sahle-Work
Addis Abeba, November 11/2019: Melinda Gates, Co-Chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, will arrive in Ethiopia today on a learning trip. She is expected to meet with Prime Minister, Abiy Ahmed and President, Sahle-Work Zewde. As part of the visit, Melinda Gates will also meet with Gates Foundation …