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Ethiopia: Girls Trapped in Sex Trade As Covid-19 Deepens Desperation
Thomson Reuters Foundation, 9 November 2020
Coronavirus pandemic could fuel spike in child sexual exploitation in northwest Ethiopia as families struggle to cope Read more »
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Ethiopia: Efforts to Ensure Women, Children and Youths Multidimensional Benefits
Ethiopian Herald, 20 October 2020
The Ministry of Women, Children and Youth Affairs (MWCY), in the first quarter of the fiscal year 2020/21, has undertaken a number of activities in collaboration with stakeholders… Read more »
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Africa: How Covid-19 Is Endangering Sex Workers in Africa
DW, 18 September 2020
In many places in Africa, sex for money is readily available, cheap, risky, and often illegal. For many sex workers, work is often dangerous. The coronavirus makes it even worse. Read more »
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Ethiopia: COVID-19 Induced Domestic Violence Endangered Women, Girls' Rights
Ethiopian Herald, 23 June 2020
Recently the Embassy of Sweden has prepared webinar about the impact of COVID-19 on the rights of women and girls in Ethiopia. Ann Bernes, Swedish Ambassador to Ethiopia, shared… Read more »
Covid-19 Pandemic Could Fuel Sexual Exploitation in Ethiopia
Interviews with a dozen sex workers - five of them underage - social workers, activists and officials in the Amhara region have found efforts to stop child sexual exploitation are falling short or have been interrupted by the impact of Covid-19. Outreach efforts and police raids to find children trapped in the sex trade stopped in April in some parts of Amhara as authorities are now focused on enforcing a Covid-19 state of emergency. The ensuing rise in sexual exploitation of children has led to calls for more federal government funds from local officials. Campaigners say some girls were pushed by rural families to find jobs in cities where sex work was often the only viable source of income. Others say it is a way to pay smugglers to take them to Saudi Arabia or Europe in search of a better life, writes Emeline Wuilbercq for Thomson Reuters Foundation.
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At the culmination of World Breastfeeding Week, two women - both mothers - who are fierce advocates for saving the lives of women and children say that without better care and more ... Read more »
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The arrival of COVID-19 could not have come at a more sensitive time for Ethiopia, which was due to hold pivotal elections in August after five years of political turmoil, says the ... Read more »
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The country's electoral board will come up with a new election operation plan and schedule in order to keep citizens safe and healthy amid the global COVID-19 pandemic and to ... Read more »
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As of March 16, Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has announced that all schools across the country will be closed for the next 15 days, subject to further assessment. Places of ... Read more »
A sex worker poses for a photo in a drop-in center in Metema, Ethiopia.
