Breaking barriers for persons with disability in Ethiopia
(ICRC) – It is commonly thought that people with physical disabilities cannot perform effectively in the workplace. Social isolation and discrimination have limited their employment […]
Culture
Women defy gender norms, access vocational training on hard labor occupations in Ethiopia
Partnership for improving prospects for forcibly displaced persons and host communities (PROSPECTS), a project by the International Labour Organization (ILO) ILO and its partners have […]
Pushing forward: Countering anti-feminist backlash in Ethiopia
UN Women – Hanna Lemma is a women’s rights advocate and feminist researcher from Ethiopia. She is also the founder and director of Addis Powerhouse, […]
Ethiopia ― From where I stand: “Due to COVID-19 people were not going to the police”
Simret Tesfaye is nurse at the Association for Women’s Sanctuary and Development (AWSAD), a non-profit organization in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, which manages six shelters for […]
Ethiopia Skate: A journey of building a community, rejecting cushioned life
Ethiopia Skate is a youth skateboard movement grown on the streets of Addis Ababa since 2013. They have a vision of connecting Ethiopian skateboarders with the […]
Timket ― The Feast of Epiphany in Ethiopia
Timket, Ethiopia’s Feast of Epiphany, is one of the highest and holiest holidays in the Ethiopian Orthodox Christian calendar and is celebrated on 19th January every […]
Apostolic Nuncio of the Holy See to Ethiopia arrives in Addis Ababa
ADDIS ABABA (Vatican News) – Incoming Apostolic Nuncio to Ethiopia, Archbishop Antoine Camilleri, has arrived in Addis Ababa. Archbishop Camilleri expressed his most profound gratitude […]
Open Society Foundations announces a $15 million initiative for African cultural heritage restitution
Over four years, the initiative will support networks and organizations working to return African cultural heritage to its rightful home. NEW YORK—The Open Society Foundations […]
UNESCO inscribes Ethiopian Epiphany as Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
(Semonegna.com) – The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) on 11 December 2019 inscribed Ethiopian Epiphany as one the Intangible Cultural Heritage of […]
VIDEO ― Inside Lalibela, the mysterious holy site in Ethiopia
In the northern highlands of Ethiopia stand 11 churches that the Ethiopian Orthodox Church says were built by angels By Scott Pelley (CBS News/ 60 […]