Showing posts with label Gender | Race. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Gender | Race. Show all posts

Saturday, January 13, 2018

Ethiopia bans foreign adoption

(CNN) — Ethiopia has banned the adoption of Ethiopian children by foreign families, according to the country's state-run News Agency ENA, citing concerns over abuse.

Thursday, October 05, 2017

Ethiopia’s ethnic federalism is being tested

(Oct 05, (The Economist))--FOR centuries the city of Harar, on the eastern fringes of the Ethiopian highlands, was a sanctuary, its people protected by a great wall that surrounded the entire city.

Thursday, July 13, 2017

S.Korean diplomat recalled from Ethiopia over alleged rape

(Jul 13, (Daily Mail))--A senior South Korean diplomat has been recalled from Ethiopia after he allegedly raped a female colleague, Seoul's foreign ministry said Thursday, as it issued a public apology.

Thursday, March 17, 2016

Ethiopia ordered to pay reparations to child rape victim

(March 17, 2016, (WORLD Magazine))--The African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights in Gambia has ordered the Ethiopian government to pay  $150,000 in compensation to a rape victim and child bride 15 years after the government failed to protect her.

Wednesday, January 27, 2016

Marry more than one wife or go to jail, Eritrean men told

(Jan 26, 2016, (Asmara))--The Eritrean government has reportedly ordered local men to marry more than one wife or risk being sent to prison for life.

Monday, November 02, 2015

Reusable sanitary pads helping Ethiopian girls stay in class uninterrupted

(Nov 02, 2015, (Addis Ababa))--In many African countries, menstruation is rarely talked about, yet remains a stressful problem for teenage girls, particularly those from low-income homes who have to skip classes because they can't afford sanitary pads.

However an Ethiopian entrepreneur in Addis Ababa is working to change that by producing affordable reusable sanitary towels that can last up to one year.