Social Affairs
- August 3, 2019
News: Displaced women in eastern Ethiopia stand up to pressure, stigma over family planning
Trik Dulene (sitting) with friends in the Kologe II displacement camp. She teaches women about family planning. © UNFPA Ethiopia…
Read More » - July 19, 2019
Exclusive: “Given the things that I learned from girls here I don’t think they need my advice”- Malala Yousafzai
“What I have learned is that education not only empowers girls but also helps us to build communities that are…
Read More » - July 16, 2019
Profile: Saniya Foundation: Unearthing potentials through girls’ education in Ethiopia
Najat Hamza, For Addis Standard Addis Abeba, July 16/2019 – Girls Education is Key to transform society in a tangible…
Read More » - July 15, 2019
Feature: How Ethiopia is dealing with unprecedented IDP crisis
Displaced Ethiopians receive aid to help them through the cold and rainy season in August 2018. Photo: Olivia Headon/IOM 2018…
Read More » - June 5, 2019
News: ICRC, ERCS distribute vegetable seeds and farming tools for IDPs in East Hararghe Zone
Addis Abeba, June 05/2019 – Between 13 and 17 May 2019, more than 28,000 people (both Oromos and Somalis) in…
Read More » - April 10, 2019
Analysis: Smallholder silkworm farming taking roots in Ethiopia
Photo (Left) Mintwab Mukulo. (Right) Members of the Abenezer Silkworm growers’ enterprise at work – Mitiku Denbel, Aynalem Choke and…
Read More » - April 8, 2019
Commentary: Ogaden Basin: A mirage of wealth and a source of corporate greed
The biggest Well in Calub oil site. Bashir Farah, For Addis Standard Addis Abeba, April 08/2019 – On February 27,…
Read More » - March 1, 2019
New publication: Gender and agricultural innovation in Oromia region, Ethiopia
Ethiopian women smallholders are particularly disadvantaged because they have limited access to productive assets such as irrigation water, credit and…
Read More » - February 20, 2019
News: Demolition of houses leaves hundreds in Legetafo Legedadi homeless, city mayor insists houses are illegal
partial view of houses demolished by Legetafo Legedadi town administration. 48 houses were demolished yesterday alone Mahlet Fasil Addis Abeba,…
Read More » - February 18, 2019
Opinion: The Sidama quest for self rule is ripe, smearing it is ineffective
Caption: On November 02 2018, the southern regional state council deliberated on the earlier decision by the Zone request for…
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