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07 March 2025
Statement
Joint Statement by Members of the Gender Equality Working Group on the Occasion of International Women’s Day 2025 Marking 30 Years of the Beijing Declaration: A Renewed Commitment to Gender Equality in Ethiopia
On this International Women’s Day, we, the undersigned bilateral and multilateral partners supporting gender equality and women’s empowerment in Ethiopia under the umbrella of the…
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07 March 2025
News
Statement by UNFPA Executive Director on International Women's Day
Investments in the health and rights of women and girls have changed the world, bringing us closer to equal voices and expanded choices than ever before. Women have taken giant…
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18 February 2025
Press Release
UNFPA Supported Family Planning Project Targeting Women and Adolescents Launched
18 February 2025, Gursum Woreda, SOMALI REGION: The “Family Planning for Women and Adolescents in Primary Health Care Centers” Project which will be supported by UNFPA, the United…
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06 February 2025
Press Release
UNFPA and UNICEF in Ethiopia underscore the need to Step Up the Pace: Strengthening Alliances and Building Movements to End FGM
Addis Ababa, 06 February 2025: Today, the world is observing the International Day of Zero Tolerance for female genital mutilation (FGM) under the theme, “Stepping Up the Pace:…
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06 February 2025
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Strategic documents strengthening efforts against Female Genital Mutilation launched
In observance of this year’s International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) today, the Ministry of Women and Social Affairs, in collaboration with UNICEF…
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04 February 2025
News
UNFPA co-organized National Conference on Youth, Peace and Security
A one-day National Youth, Peace and Security Conference which UNFPA co-organized with the Ministry of Women and Social Affairs together with other partners took place today. The…
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27 January 2025
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Assisting survivors of obstetric fistula access safe motherhood services
Birke G/Mariam was born and raised in Tselemti, western Tigray. She comes from a family of farmers. Birke describes her childhood as a happy one, until her family decided to marry…
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22 January 2025
News
Health workers working with meager resources to save mothers and children in the Somalia Region
Isra Omar joined the Awbare Health Center three years ago as a maternal and child health officer, taking on the responsibility of managing deliveries and providing antenatal and…
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17 January 2025
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Maternity waiting homes improving safe motherhood in Ethiopia
Kebelle Duba is a 20-year-old woman currently awaiting the birth of her child at the maternity waiting home at the Orbate Health Centre in the Borana Zone of the Oromia Region…
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