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The survey also found that women factory workers in Addis Ababa earned about a quarter of the wages men earned for the same type of work. These differences existed despite a 1975 proclamation stipulating equal pay for equal work for men and women. [5] Following the Ethiopian Revolution, women made some gains in economic and political areas.
Ethiopian women who migrate for work or flee abusive employers in the Middle East are also vulnerable to sex trafficking. An international organization assesses that most traffickers are small local operators, often from the victims’ own communities, but that well-organized crime groups are also responsible for irregular migrants becoming ...
Nahu Senay Girma. Born. Mekelle, Ethiopia. Occupation. Management consultant. Known for. Charity work and women's rights activism. Nahu Senay Girma is an Ethiopian women's rights activist. She is the co-founder and executive director of Association of Women in Boldness (AWiB), a non-governmental organisation established in April 2010 to train ...
The legal status of prostitution in Africa varies widely. It is frequently common in practice, partially driven by the widespread poverty in many sub-Saharan African countries, [1] and is one of the drivers for the prevalence of AIDS in Africa. [2] (36.9% in sub-Saharan Africa) [3] Senegal and Côte d'Ivoire permit the operations of brothels.
Human trafficking in Ethiopia. Ethiopia is a source country for men, women, and children subjected to trafficking in persons, specifically conditions of forced labor and forced prostitution. Girls from Ethiopia's rural areas are forced into domestic servitude and, less frequently, commercial sexual exploitation, while boys are subjected to ...
Yemodish Bekele. Yemodish Bekele (born 1960) is a published author of more than seven books, including poetry, short stories, and a novella, and was the first Ethiopian woman to publish her own collection of short stories. A crime journalist, Yemedish was also the first woman to become the head editor for Polis Ena Ermijaw (‘Police and Future ...
Years active. 1973–2021. Organization. AGOHELMA. Abebech Gobena ( Amharic: አበበች ጎበና; Afan Oromo: Abbabachi Goobanaa; 20 October 1935 [ 2] – 4 July 2021) was an Ethiopian humanitarian, and the founder and manager of AGOHELMA, one of the oldest orphanages in Ethiopia. She was often called the " Mother Teresa of Africa".
50 jobs, 30 years: The unseen labour of an Indian female worker. Syeda X, a poor migrant woman living in shanty towns that skirt India’s capital Delhi, struggled through more than 50 jobs in 30 ...