VIDEO ― Stopping child marriage with solar lanterns
A scheme involving solar lamps is helping thousands of Ethiopian girls stay in school longer and avoid marriage until they are adults. It’s estimated that […]
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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 […]
Global Fund praises African leadership on investing in health
Peter Sands, Executive Director of the Global Fund, expressed thanks and solidarity with Africa’s commitment to investing in health and greatly advancing efforts to end […]
Italy grants 1 million Euros to UNICEF to strengthen the Ethiopian health sector
Italy’s Ambassador Arturo Luzzi highlighted that the grant is a further step in the Italian ongoing collaboration with Ethiopia to support the Ethiopian Health Sector Transformation […]
Enormous Success! The rate of FGM showed a significant decline in Africa; the fastest drop was in East Africa
The fastest decline in the rate of FGM has been in East Africa, where the prevalence among girls up to 14 years old dropped from71.4% […]
Ethiopia launches national HPV vaccination campaign to tackle cervical cancer
The national HPV vaccination campaign targets to address some 1.1 million young girls during the current Ethiopian 2018/19 fiscal year so as to protect them […]
Ethiopia recognizes local entrepreneurs during the Global Entrepreneurship Week
ADDIS ABABA (UNDP Ethiopia)–Ethiopia joined the rest of the world in celebrating the Global Entrepreneurship Week by recognizing local entrepreneurs whose innovation and job creation […]
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 […]
CIRHT’s Approach to Pre-service Training Affirmed in Ethiopia
CIRHT’s pre-service approach is improving family planning education for nursing, midwifery and medical students and residents is affecting services and contributing to reducing the ratios […]
What Is the World Bank’s “Country Partnership Framework” Anyway? What Is in It for Ethiopia?
The Country Partnership Framework (CPF) will support Ethiopia’s ambitious goals that the country has articulated in the Second Growth and Transformation Plan (GTP II) ADDIS […]