Interventions to reduce the risk of cervical and breast cancer

BY BETELHEM BEDLU Globally, more than two million women are diagnosed with breast or cervical cancer each year, yet where a woman lives largely determines whether she will develop one of these... Read more »

 ‘Siraye’, wage subsidy programs paving way towards promoting women to leadership positions

BY BETELHEM BEDLU The textile and garment industry is one of the most female- dominated industries in the world with 90 percent of the textile and garment workers in Cambodia, 85percent in... Read more »

 Women’s irreplaceable peace building role

BY MENGESHA AMARE There is a firm ground to say that women can play a crucial role in ensuring peace and stability in a given country as they are close to the... Read more »

Real queens fix each other’s crowns

BY BETELHEM BEDLU Mickal Mamo is the founder of Adey Reusable Sanitary Pads Company. She is one of the women who came up with innovative solutions to curb challenges regarding affordability and... Read more »

There is no more effective tool for dev’t than empowering women

BY BETELHEM BEDLU More often than not, leadership is a much gendered word or notion and it continues to be associated with men in a number of cultural contexts, according to Caiazza... Read more »

 Young entrepreneur dares to fight global challenge through innovation

 “Did you know that there are plantable paper bags? The co-founder and CEO of Plantable Bags, RedietTadesse is developing an economically viable business while contributing to Ethiopia’s green economy by making eco-friendly... Read more »

 Digital media, stereotypical gender representations

Various studies have found that media, be it the traditional media to current online media, influences people’s perceptions and ideas highly towards the role of girls and women in society. Some media,... Read more »

‘To educate girls is to reduce poverty’

It goes without saying that an investment that goes to girls’ education and trainings will not only transform communities, countries and the entire world but it is one of the most transformative... Read more »

Ending Obstetric Fistula

In most cases, it is common to see women suffering from Obstetric Fistula (OF), an abnormal connection between a woman’s genital tract and the urinary tract (vesicovaginal fistula) or between the genital... Read more »

 Making public procurement work for women

Women in Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in Ethiopia have insignificant involvements in public procurements where expenditure on public procurement in the country takes the largest share from the annual government budget... Read more »