Ethiopia: Feminism Is Still a Timely Issue

opinion

If you ask someone about the issue of the rights of women in Ethiopia that is, if you inquire about whether they are equally treated as men and that the issue of so called 'gender inequality' or disparity is timely, they may shrug their shoulders implying their surprise and suggesting that you may need to catch up with certain facts and figures.

They would, probably with a bit of irritation suggest that it cannot be a hot issue any more these days. Rather they would argue to the contrary that nowadays it is often men that need to be more assertive and have their rights respected or protected, instead of women because there seems to lack a mechanism to that effect.

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