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,...
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#MeTooEthiopia
Assault is a crime, not a culture
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...
#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....
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...
Ye Kake Werdwot: 1855, an Ethiopian woman’s fight for equality
During a time in which modern schooling was not available in the country; a time when human rights, let alone women’s rights, were...
#MeTooEthiopia – Empowering citizens to demand change
#MeTooEthiopia was recently covered by The Reporter Ethiopia. Here is the full article below. Tiemert Shimelis is one of the founders of...
Time to be Feminist
Few years back, a close friend of mine told me she doesn’t want to be labeled as feminist. “Whenever I say something about women or that...
Why I Didn't Report
When women started coming out of the woodwork stating that they too had been sexually harassed or assaulted by a man, people wondered,...
Raped by my Brother for Five Years
I was 16 when I first came to Addis Ababa. My half-brother then a police officer, was the one who brought me to the city for better...
A man murdered and dismembered his girlfriend and run away with her head and arms
Back in October 2018, at approximately 4 in the morning, a man named Kedir Shiferaw (also known as Anatoli Kiros) killed his girlfriend,...
Amreya Shefa: My Husband's Prisoner
Amreya Shefa hasn’t known freedom since setting foot in the United States. After her husband brought her from Ethiopia in 2012, Shefa...
My Rapist Was HIV Positive
I am married and a mother of two beautiful girls. I work in a government institution. Up until one horrible night, I was happy with every...
Stories We Ignore: Protect Our Boys
“I don’t feel right today”, a single mother named Senayit whispered to herself. The feeling was a sense of disturbance, as if to know...
Shame and Silencing victims
Growing up in a strict Ethiopian Christian household, the topic of sex was never up for discussion. Once I left Ethiopia - at the age of...
Helen Show with #MeTooEthiopia and Setaweet
The Helen Show hold a conversation with one of the #MeTooEthiopia co-founder Tiemert Shimelis and with Setaweet movement that is based in...
Why Catcalling is Wrong
How does one even try to make others understand the injustice in catcalling when it is so common in our day-to-day culture? My fellow...
Ethiopian women abroad give abuse survivors a new platform by Public Radio International
PRI's The World By Allison Herrera "When the Instagram page Shades of Injera was started in 2014, the slogan was “We don't follow the...
Ethiopia Confronts Sexual Violence With #MeToo Hashtag After ‘Surviving R. Kelly’ By Travel Noire
After “Surviving R. Kelly,” the three-part Lifetime documentary that documented the disgraced R&B star’s decades-long alleged abuse, the...
Melting Scars (Acid Attacks: The Reality We Disregard)
The first time I heard about acid attacks was over a decade ago. At that time, I walked into my home to see my mother’s livid face: A...
End Domestic Violence Against Women
Join the movement to end sexual violence www.metooethiopia.com and sign the petition. Created and Produced by @kaytoonstudios. Presented...
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