by Esayas Meskel | Jul 27, 2016 | Ethiopia, Youth Empowerment
DSW Ethiopia Observes World Population Day ‘World Population Day’ was celebrated here in Ethiopia under the theme of “Investing in Teenage Girls.” This year’s World Population Day was observed in Ethiopia for the 23rd time since 1993. This year, the Amhara regional...
by dswen | Jun 29, 2016 | Ethiopia, Youth Empowerment
In the summer of 1994, right after the first International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) took event in Cairo, Egypt at which DSW participated; a new thinking had paved the path for a platform to an active campaign of SRHR issues in Ethiopia by DSW....
by Esayas Meskel | May 18, 2016 | Ethiopia, Youth Empowerment
On an occasion that rarely ever takes place, more than eight different German-based organizations, all residing in Ethiopia, met over a banquet extended to the visiting German Parliamentary Friendship Group on May 16, 2016. Hosted by GIZ, an overseas development arm...
by Esayas Meskel | Mar 25, 2016 | Ethiopia, Youth Empowerment
By Feyera Assefa (DSW Ethiopia, Country Director) When the First World Conference on Women was organized by the United Nations in mid 1970s in Mexico, gender studies had for the first time scholarly embraced ‘women and development issue’ both as a theoretical and...
by Esayas Meskel | Mar 8, 2016 | Ethiopia, Youth Empowerment
Seven months away from the conclusion of its second phase, DSW’s project (Community-Based Responses to SRH/FP & Livelihood Needs of Married Adolescent Girls and Young Women) in East Wellega Zone has been reviewed by the high level stakeholders. On...
by Esayas Meskel | Nov 9, 2015 | Ethiopia, Youth Empowerment
The expansion of the health sector infrastructures in Ethiopia over the past 17 years alone has pushed the country towards the ranks of the best health success stories in sub-Saharan Africa. Many health-focused NGOs, including ourselves at DSW, have expanded the scope...