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There have been several studies concerning women in Ethiopia.Historically, elite and powerful women in Ethiopia have been visible as administrators and warriors. This never translated into any benefit to improve the rights of women, but it had meant that women could inherit and own property and act as advisors on important communal and tribal matters.
Hilina Berhanu Degefa (born 1992) [1] is an Ethiopian women's rights activist and researcher. [2] She is a co-founder of The Yellow Movement, a youth-led feminist advocacy and empowerment program based in Addis Ababa and Mekelle University. She was a 2015 recipient of a Mandela Washington Fellowship for Young African Leaders, the youngest to ...
The Network of Ethiopian Women's Associations states that it was created in 2003 as a network of non-governmental organizations and women's associations in Ethiopia. After a change in the Charities and Societies law in 2009, NEWA reorganized itself as a consortium of Ethiopian societies working on gender equality and women's rights. NEWA ...
Women's rights. According to surveys in 2003 by the National Committee on Traditional Practices in Ethiopia, marriage by abduction accounts for 69% of the nation's marriages, with around 80% in the largest region, Oromia, and as high as 92 percent in the Southern Nations, Nationalities, and People's Region.
Yemodish Bekele. Yemodish Bekele (born 1960) is a published author of more than seven books, including poetry, short stories, and a novella, and was the first Ethiopian woman to publish her own collection of short stories. A crime journalist, Yemedish was also the first woman to become the head editor for Polis Ena Ermijaw (‘Police and Future ...
Bogaletch "Boge" (pronounced Bo-gay) Gebre (1950s – 2 November 2019) [1] was an Ethiopian scientist and activist. In 2010, The Independent characterized her as "the woman who began the rebellion of Ethiopian women." [2] Along with her sister Fikirte Gebre, Gebre founded KMG Ethiopia, formerly called Kembatti Mentti Gezzima-Tope (Kembatta ...
Nahu Senay Girma. Born. Mekelle, Ethiopia. Occupation. Management consultant. Known for. Charity work and women's rights activism. Nahu Senay Girma is an Ethiopian women's rights activist. She is the co-founder and executive director of Association of Women in Boldness (AWiB), a non-governmental organisation established in April 2010 to train ...
Of these years, 30.4% of first grade were female students. In 1982/1983, 64.5% of all students were male whereas 35.5% constitute female students. Ethiopia has made a reform on girls' education with net primary enrollment rate from 51% in 2003/2004 to 95% in 2016/2017. Meanwhile, 53% only had completed primary school, 25% of secondary, and 10% ...