STORIES & ARTICLES | #MeTooEthiopia

Human trafficking

Human trafficking is a heinous crime that violates human rights and dignity globally. In 2016 the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crim...

Kelela Guides: Breaking The Silence Between Parents And Children

In a country like Ethiopia where speaking about sex is a taboo and sexual violence, including rape, even more, it is rare to find parents...

Women and Conflict in Ethiopia

Women and men have different access to resources, power and decision making before, during and after conflicts. The experience of women a...

Why We Need to Reconstruct Ethiopian Children’s Songs

Songs are a cultural staple in many children’s lives growing up, but what we often don’t explore is the inappropriate and dis-empowering ...

Terrifying Ethiopian Children Song Part 2 (Beza Bebega)

Beza Bebega is a children's song about a man who abducts a young girl, who he "loves". After they travel far away, she drowns as they att...

Terrifying Ethiopian Children Song (Part 1)

Our grandparents sang them to our parents, who sang them to us. And we sing them to our children. But probably none of us knew the true m...

8 Reasons Why Poverty and Sexual Violence are Sexist

Everyone is affected by harmful gender expectations that limit our ability to be fully ourselves. Women and girls, men and boys all fall ...

The Story of Hindeke Daniel

The majority of sexual assault victims don’t acknowledge that they were raped right away, if ever. The fear of stigma is part of it – but...

Who to blame for a rise in sexual violence in Ethiopia?

Psychologically speaking, if circumstances pressure us to take part in a dangerous job, we are more likely than not to underestimate the ...

Ethiopia’s Silent Pandemic: Sexual Violence

Three months ago the head of Addis Ababa Women and Children reported that 101 children were raped and sought medical care since the COVID19

Over 100 Children raped in Ethiopia during pandemic

Since the beginning of the Corona Virus pandemic, we have heard both internationally and nationally that the rate of violence against wom...

POVERTY AND SEXUAL VIOLENCE

Although the #Metoo movement, was coined and started by the activist Tarana Burke, it reached its peak and got a full force tie to Hollyw...

Talking about sexual assult in churches

The famous “Bishop” Dawit Molalegn of FBI church recently did this to my friend. She was walking down the street, and Dawit kept slowly f...

COVID-19 impact on domestic violence

As COVID-19 strengthens its grip on all of us, people are encouraged to isolate themselves to avoid contracting the virus. Most worry tha...

Getting Through February 14th - Be My Support System

Valentine's Day can be difficult for a lot of people. The way Valentine's Day is associated with celebration of being in love causes ind...

#MeTooEthiopia Co-founders interview with Sitota Show

Bogaletch Gebre, the Ethiopian women's rights activist

Gebre was born in 1953 in the remote Zata village of Ethiopia’s Kembatta district, about 255 miles southwest of the country’s capital, Ad...

MeTooEthiopia founder with VOA Amharic (Video)

በቅርብ ዘመዶች የሚፈጸሙ ጾታዊ ጥቃቶች አሳሳቢ ደረጃ ላይ ደርሰዋል›› የመብት ተሟጋች ትዕምርት ሽመልስ. እኔም!" በሚል የሚጠራውን የምዕራቡ ዓለም የጸረ-ጾታ ጥቃት ዘመቻ ሂደት በምሳሌነት የወሰዱ ወጣቶች ፣ኢትዮጵያዊ...

#Metoo växer i Etiopien: ”Vi kunde rädda henne genom sociala medier”

Recently, #MeTooEthiopia did an interview with a Swedish media called OmVarlden. Here is the published article about the movement. https:...

Ten Things Men Can Do To Prevent Violence Against Women

1. Approach Gender Violence As A Men's Issue – Think of violence against women as a MEN’S issue involving men of all ages and socioeconom...

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