Ethiopian Airlines Appoints First Female Captain
    15 October, 2010 (Tadias)  New York  –
    She may not be the first Ethiopian woman pilot,
    but Captain Amsale Gualu Endegnanew is just
    as pioneering. She is the first female to become
    captain in the history of Ethiopian Airlines.....
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"Ethiopian women to
change nation's
image"





"..Women possess the
capacity needed to change the
image of the country if they
are empowered and take
leadership....More

Women still face
discrimination worldwide,
says UN rights chief





(UN News Centre)
Almost every country in the
world still has laws that
discriminate against women,
and promises to remedy this
have not been kept, the top
United Nations human rights
official said today, speaking
on the eve of International
Women's Day....More
From tending sheep to the Ivy League




"..Today, she is the first woman of Ethiopian
descent to earn her doctoral degree in Israel. With a
PhD from Tel Aviv University, and now stationed
at Harvard University where she is doing...More

Half of Ethiopian women victims of
domestic violence





"Half of Ethiopian women are victims of domestic
violence, the country's justice minister.... More
Inside Ethiopia’s Fistula Project: Interview
With Dr. Catherine Hamlin
(Tadias Magazine)

Nobel nominee an inspiration to all
Village Voice

The Illiterate Surgeon




"..Ms. Mamitu has gradually become one of the
world's most experienced fistula surgeons.
Gynecologists from around the world go to the
Addis Ababa Fistula Hospital to train in fistula...More
Ethiopia's dear shares 'alternative Nobel'
    15 October, 2009 (Evyn Testoni) -
    "It's an honor to have this award for me
    too, but I only really like them because
    they bring the world's attention to the
    needs of these women."
    The Sydney-born doctor moved to
    Ethiopia....More
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A History of Ethiopian Women in Military Affairs
    August 11 (Tadias) - "..Historians have
    estimated that an average of 20,000 to
    30,000 women have participated in the
    campaign of Adwa alone. While the
    majority served as soldiers, strategists,
    advisors, translators, and...More
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'A Walk to Beautiful'




"Set in Ethiopia and made over
a four-year period by director
Mary Olive Smith and a
devoted team, "Beautiful"
introduces audiences to five
women who suffer -- and that
is truly the word -- from a
devastating condition brought
on by injuries... More
Kindling Hope In Northern Ethiopia By Keeping
Adolescent Girls In School
21 February 2008 ( Medical Today News ) - "In the Amhara region
of Ethiopia where the Berhane Hewan project is based, rates of child
marriage are among the highest in the world. Half of all girls in this
region are married before their 15th birthday. Of this total, most had
never met their husbands at the time of marriage, according to a
recent survey, and were subjected to forced sex.. More
Can Ethiopia's abducted wives ever break free?
17 Mar. 2010 (Johann Hari) - "These stories have been sealed away
for millennia, behind masks of pain and repression, but sometimes
there are moments when history suddenly.....More
Ethiopia: Violence Against Women On the Rise
24 September, 2011 (Billene Seyoum Woldeyes)
More Must be Done to Fight Gender Based
Violence in Ethiopia
    28 September, 2011 (Seble Teweldebirhan) -
    "The question here is if in fact the law is serious
    enough on the violations and can cope up with
    the obligations Ethiopia assumed with the
    international human rights instruments. Some
    argue that it is not the law, rather the justice
    system that failed to defend women...More
Ethiopian women's movement needs a new strategy
    11 January, 2012 (Seble Teweldebirhan) -
    "The movement towards ensuring the rights of
    women will suffer for two main reasons when
    we try to use crimes committed against women
    as an exclusive means of advocacy. First,
experience in the past has taught us that, especially when the
movement is based on cases, which is common in Ethiopia,...More