Ethiopian women and safety: why some switch their ethnic identity when they start working

For women entering the formal labour market in Ethiopia, even at low wages, taking a job can reshape their daily routines and ...
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These female skateboarders are shredding stereotypes in Ethiopia

Edomawit Ashebir tries to block out the haters. Every time she grabs her skateboard and goes out in public, the young Ethiopian knows she might hear some rude comments. “My mom empowers me, but people ...
UNHCR

Ethiopian women giggle and strain in a yoga class like no other

GOROM, South Sudan, February 25 (UNHCR) - The women giggle and strain as they try to follow their teacher, Naomi Swain, who is sitting in the lotus position on the red cement floor of a spartan ...
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‘It’s difficult to describe what Ethiopian women have been through’

For Ethiopian women, the upheaval of war has brought with it a sustained epidemic of gender-based violence (GBV) and sexual assault. During a visit to the Tigray region with Irish aid agency Trócaire, ...