Israeli and Jewish aid officials are denying an Israeli TV report alleging that Ethiopian immigrant women have been coerced into taking contraceptive shots. The report, which aired Saturday night on ...

Edomawit Ashebir tries to block out the haters. Every time she grabs her skateboard and goes out in public, the young Ethiopian knows she might hear some rude comments. “My mom empowers me, but people ...

By Charles Mpaka In the southern Ethiopian region of Sidama, unsustainable farming practices and tree cutting for fuel are causing land degradation. In response, members of the Integrated Women’s ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. For women entering the formal labour market in Ethiopia, taking a job can expose them to new public spaces and risks. Wikimedia ...

Influential Ethiopian women’s rights activist Betelehem Akalework says she has been forced to move home twice in two years after enduring a barrage of online abuse, death threats and physical ...

Ethiopia has been taking concrete actions to strengthen women's leadership by making gender equality a central pillar of its development agenda, Women and Social Affairs Minister Ergogie Tesfaye said.

ADDIS ABABA (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Women in Ethiopia live under constant fear of violence, illness, hunger and poverty but they are now also facing a new threat - human trafficking, according ...

Jewish Ethiopian women attend a morning prayer service at a compound while awaiting immigration to Israel in Gondar March 8, 2007. More than 5,000 Ethiopian Jews are waiting to a. REUTERS/Eliana ...

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GOROM, South Sudan, February 25 (UNHCR) - The women giggle and strain as they try to follow their teacher, Naomi Swain, who is sitting in the lotus position on the red cement floor of a spartan ...

Ethiopian Airlines Group has celebrated International Women's Day, today, with an all women-functioned flight to London-Heathrow. An all-women-functioned flight from Addis Ababa to London commanded by ...