Forbes

Education, Not Marriage: Building Better Futures For Girls In Ethiopia

To the 2020 graduating class of Wolaita Sodo University in Ethiopia — and particularly to Meron, the archaeology and heritage management student whom I met one year ago as part of a UNICEF field visit ...
The Conversation

Community health workers in Ethiopia set out to promote health ‑ in the process they’ve empowered girls in other ways too

Ethiopia has made significant progress in supporting gender equality and girls’ empowerment. Rates of child marriage and teenage pregnancy have decreased substantially. Access to sexual and ...
Mother Jones

Drought in Ethiopia Is Fueling a “Dramatic” Rise in Child Marriage

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. Drought-afflicted areas of Ethiopia are seeing “dramatic” increases in child marriage ...
World Bank

Child Marriage May Cost Ethiopia Billions of Dollars, Says New World Bank Report

ADDIS ABABA, May 3, 2018 – Ethiopia’s economy could potentially lose billions of dollars annually due to child marriage, says a new report by the World Bank and the International Center for Research ...