Women Empowerment Programmes in Ethiopia - Extensive Review
Journal Title: IOSR Journal of Humanities and Social Science - Year 2019, Vol 24, Issue 1
Abstract
Ethiopia is the second most populous nation in Africa, possesses the fastest growing economy in the region and is also one of the poorest countries. Women’s empowerment is an intrinsic human rights goal that has implications for the health and well-being of women and their children. The major objectives of the Women’s Empowerment Program (WEP) in Ethiopia include fostering an environment that calls forth women’s leadership and agency at the local level as well as expanding economic opportunities for women in rural households. USAID invests in empowering women and girls in Ethiopia by promoting equal access to education, health, and economic opportunities. Empowering women to participate fully in economic life across all sectors is essential to build stronger economies, achieve internationally agreed goals of development and would improve the quality of life for women, men, families and communities. The BORGEN Project Girls education in Ethiopia is largely impact on the present poverty, gender-based violence, early marriage, and teenage pregnancy that greatly affect girls’ and women’s access to, and completion of, education. In Ethiopia, 80 percent of the population resides in rural areas and women provide the majority of the agricultural labor in these communities. There is a joint programme undertaken by six UN agencies (UNDP, UNICEF, ILO, UNFPA, UNWOMEN and UNESCO) in order to support national policy and strategy on gender equality and women empowerment at both federal and regional level. To this end, primary and secondary data was collected through document reviews. Finally, constitute some inherent problems and their implementation. The aim of this paper is to assess detailed information regarding women empowerment programmes and how The United Nations and other NGO’s are helping to empowering women of Ethiopia.
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Beyene Seleshi
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