Study explores what drives early marriages among girls in India and Ethiopia
In a recent study, researchers from India, Ethiopia and the USA have investigated how education and early marriage are related by studying the cases of […]
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Early Marriage in Ethiopia; In the Girls’ Own Words
Former World Vision UK staffer Nell Williams had a chance to travel to Ethiopia to study the prevalence of early marriage and what can be […]
Ending Child Marriage: After Three Early Marriages – Young Girl’s Story Inspires Others
(The Embassy of Canada to Ethiopia)– Mekdes was married off three times from the time she was 11 years old. After each marriage, she tried […]
Ethiopia launches a five-year, $94 million plan to end child marriage and female genital mutilation
ADDIS ABABA (UNICEF Ethiopia) – The Government of Ethiopia has launched a five-year national roadmap to end child marriage and female genital mutilation (FGM). The […]
Home to 15 million child brides: child marriage still rampant in Ethiopia
Ethiopia has made major progress to improve women’s rights in recent years, but the east African nation remains among the top 20 countries with the […]
Ethiopia could lose billions of dollars due to child marriage, according to World Bank report
One important benefit from ending child marriage would be an increase in women’s expected earnings in the labor market. In part because they tend to […]
More than 2.3 million children out of school in northern Ethiopia despite peace agreement
(Save the Children) – About 2.3 million children remain out of school in northern Ethiopia despite last November’s peace agreement ending two years of conflict […]
Education Cannot Wait hails Britain’s £90m contribution to education for vulnerable children
Funding will give 600,000 children and youth living in conflicts and emergencies the hope and opportunity for a better future through education, according to the […]
VIDEO: Lale Labuko – Fighting tribal practices to save the lives of children in Ethiopia
Lale Labuko – Fighting tribal practices to save the lives of children in Ethiopia’s Omo Valley (TEDxMidAtlantic)–Lale Labuko was born into the Kara tribe in […]
Ethiopian Center for Child Research (ECCR) – EDRI’s Newly Established Center
Young Lives partner, the Ethiopian Development Research Institute (EDRI) has established the Ethiopian Center for Child Research (ECCR) in partnership with UNICEF Ethiopia and Addis Ababa University […]