Young Lives Ethiopia
@younglivesethiopia.bsky.social
Young Lives is a longitudinal study of childhood poverty and inequality, following the lives of 12,000 children in 4 countries since 2002.
Join our November CYW-RPF Seminar on Systemic Vulnerabilities of Domestic Workers
🗓️ 27 Nov 2025 | ⏰ 3:00 PM EAT
💻 Virtual (Teams)
Featuring Dr Lombebo Tagesse presenting “Invisible Chains”
Co-hosted by YL #Ethiopia with MoWSA & UNICEF.
🔗 Info/participation: bit.ly/4olfFbw
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🗓️ 27 Nov 2025 | ⏰ 3:00 PM EAT
💻 Virtual (Teams)
Featuring Dr Lombebo Tagesse presenting “Invisible Chains”
Co-hosted by YL #Ethiopia with MoWSA & UNICEF.
🔗 Info/participation: bit.ly/4olfFbw
@yloxford.bsky.social
November 26, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Join our November CYW-RPF Seminar on Systemic Vulnerabilities of Domestic Workers
🗓️ 27 Nov 2025 | ⏰ 3:00 PM EAT
💻 Virtual (Teams)
Featuring Dr Lombebo Tagesse presenting “Invisible Chains”
Co-hosted by YL #Ethiopia with MoWSA & UNICEF.
🔗 Info/participation: bit.ly/4olfFbw
@yloxford.bsky.social
🗓️ 27 Nov 2025 | ⏰ 3:00 PM EAT
💻 Virtual (Teams)
Featuring Dr Lombebo Tagesse presenting “Invisible Chains”
Co-hosted by YL #Ethiopia with MoWSA & UNICEF.
🔗 Info/participation: bit.ly/4olfFbw
@yloxford.bsky.social
🎥 YL #Ethiopia Country Director Dr. Alula Pankhurst joined Meet EBC with Tefera Ghedamu to discuss #ICES2025.
He reflected on the 66-year journey of the conference & shared YL Eth Qual6 findings on #youthtransitions amid multiple crises.
👉 Watch the video here: bit.ly/4hDKO8h
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He reflected on the 66-year journey of the conference & shared YL Eth Qual6 findings on #youthtransitions amid multiple crises.
👉 Watch the video here: bit.ly/4hDKO8h
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Meet #EBC: #Ethiopian Studies.
A conversation with Alula Pankhurst (PhD), member of the International organizing committee of the 22nd International Conference of #Ethiopian Studies held in Hawassa.
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November 1, 2025 at 12:48 PM
🎥 YL #Ethiopia Country Director Dr. Alula Pankhurst joined Meet EBC with Tefera Ghedamu to discuss #ICES2025.
He reflected on the 66-year journey of the conference & shared YL Eth Qual6 findings on #youthtransitions amid multiple crises.
👉 Watch the video here: bit.ly/4hDKO8h
@yloxford.bsky.social
He reflected on the 66-year journey of the conference & shared YL Eth Qual6 findings on #youthtransitions amid multiple crises.
👉 Watch the video here: bit.ly/4hDKO8h
@yloxford.bsky.social
📊 Today’s #CYWRPF seminar, which has been organised monthly for the past 15 years by @yloxford.bsky.social #Ethiopia, highlighted findings from the MODA study by PSI & UNICEF.
🔹 80.4% of children in Ethiopia face multidimensional deprivation.
🔹 Highest in Somali, Afar & SNNP regions.
#ChildPoverty
🔹 80.4% of children in Ethiopia face multidimensional deprivation.
🔹 Highest in Somali, Afar & SNNP regions.
#ChildPoverty
October 30, 2025 at 2:38 PM
📊 Today’s #CYWRPF seminar, which has been organised monthly for the past 15 years by @yloxford.bsky.social #Ethiopia, highlighted findings from the MODA study by PSI & UNICEF.
🔹 80.4% of children in Ethiopia face multidimensional deprivation.
🔹 Highest in Somali, Afar & SNNP regions.
#ChildPoverty
🔹 80.4% of children in Ethiopia face multidimensional deprivation.
🔹 Highest in Somali, Afar & SNNP regions.
#ChildPoverty
Following our presentation on youth in crises, the Young Lives team engaged in an insightful discussion, responding to thoughtful questions from FCDO staff. Grateful for this valuable exchange.
#YouthResilience #Ethiopia #ResearchForPolicy
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#YouthResilience #Ethiopia #ResearchForPolicy
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October 16, 2025 at 8:57 AM
Following our presentation on youth in crises, the Young Lives team engaged in an insightful discussion, responding to thoughtful questions from FCDO staff. Grateful for this valuable exchange.
#YouthResilience #Ethiopia #ResearchForPolicy
@yloxford.bsky.social
#YouthResilience #Ethiopia #ResearchForPolicy
@yloxford.bsky.social
At FCDO #Ethiopia, Dr. Yisak Tafere from YL Eth lead qualitative researcher, shared insights on youth unemployment & migration - showing how economic hardship, conflict & inequality shape young lives
Calls for policies linking skills, jobs & safe migration paths
#YouthMigration
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Calls for policies linking skills, jobs & safe migration paths
#YouthMigration
@yloxford.bsky.social
October 15, 2025 at 3:33 PM
At FCDO #Ethiopia, Dr. Yisak Tafere from YL Eth lead qualitative researcher, shared insights on youth unemployment & migration - showing how economic hardship, conflict & inequality shape young lives
Calls for policies linking skills, jobs & safe migration paths
#YouthMigration
@yloxford.bsky.social
Calls for policies linking skills, jobs & safe migration paths
#YouthMigration
@yloxford.bsky.social
Today at FCDO #Ethiopia, Kath Ford, Deputy Director of Young Lives, & @alulapankhurst.bsky.social, Country Director of YL Ethiopia, opened the session by sharing insights from Round 7 & Qual 6 - exploring youth transitions amid multiple crises.
#YouthTransitions #research
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#YouthTransitions #research
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October 15, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Today at FCDO #Ethiopia, Kath Ford, Deputy Director of Young Lives, & @alulapankhurst.bsky.social, Country Director of YL Ethiopia, opened the session by sharing insights from Round 7 & Qual 6 - exploring youth transitions amid multiple crises.
#YouthTransitions #research
@yloxford.bsky.social
#YouthTransitions #research
@yloxford.bsky.social
🫂 #WorldMentalHealthDay - Round 7 findings in #Ethiopia show worsening youth mental health due to conflict in Amhara & Tigray, with high #stress, #anxiety, #depression & #PTSD.
Read more: bit.ly/4qbIlG3
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Read more: bit.ly/4qbIlG3
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October 10, 2025 at 1:04 PM
🫂 #WorldMentalHealthDay - Round 7 findings in #Ethiopia show worsening youth mental health due to conflict in Amhara & Tigray, with high #stress, #anxiety, #depression & #PTSD.
Read more: bit.ly/4qbIlG3
@yloxford.bsky.social
Read more: bit.ly/4qbIlG3
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Young Lives Ethiopia shared 9 sessions at #ICES22 on #youthresilience, #mentalhealth, #education & #employment amid multiple crises. Led by @alulapankhurst.bsky.social, the team engaged scholars & policymakers to advance youth development in Ethiopia.
Read more: bit.ly/3IY1Ktb
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Read more: bit.ly/3IY1Ktb
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October 8, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Young Lives Ethiopia shared 9 sessions at #ICES22 on #youthresilience, #mentalhealth, #education & #employment amid multiple crises. Led by @alulapankhurst.bsky.social, the team engaged scholars & policymakers to advance youth development in Ethiopia.
Read more: bit.ly/3IY1Ktb
@yloxford.bsky.social
Read more: bit.ly/3IY1Ktb
@yloxford.bsky.social
Great presentations and strong engagement from the Young Lives Ethiopia team at #ICES22 in Hawassa, organized by the Institute of Ethiopian Studies and Hawassa University.
A week of insight, dialogue & collaboration! 🌍
#YoungLivesEthiopia #EthiopianStudies #YouthTransitions #ResearchForDevelopment
A week of insight, dialogue & collaboration! 🌍
#YoungLivesEthiopia #EthiopianStudies #YouthTransitions #ResearchForDevelopment
October 7, 2025 at 1:17 AM
Great presentations and strong engagement from the Young Lives Ethiopia team at #ICES22 in Hawassa, organized by the Institute of Ethiopian Studies and Hawassa University.
A week of insight, dialogue & collaboration! 🌍
#YoungLivesEthiopia #EthiopianStudies #YouthTransitions #ResearchForDevelopment
A week of insight, dialogue & collaboration! 🌍
#YoungLivesEthiopia #EthiopianStudies #YouthTransitions #ResearchForDevelopment
"Women prefer balanced workplaces; they’d need 21% more pay to accept male-dominated jobs. Changing culture matters as much as training." Tanima Tanima from Young Lives, University of Oxford, at #ICES22
#WorkplaceInclusion #Ethiopia
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#WorkplaceInclusion #Ethiopia
@yloxford.bsky.social @ox.ac.uk
October 7, 2025 at 12:38 AM
"Women prefer balanced workplaces; they’d need 21% more pay to accept male-dominated jobs. Changing culture matters as much as training." Tanima Tanima from Young Lives, University of Oxford, at #ICES22
#WorkplaceInclusion #Ethiopia
@yloxford.bsky.social @ox.ac.uk
#WorkplaceInclusion #Ethiopia
@yloxford.bsky.social @ox.ac.uk
“Migration is part of the life course; but for many Ethiopian youth, it’s a story of both hope and hardship.” - Dr Yisak Tafere at #ICES22 #YouthMigration #Ethiopia #YoungLives
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October 7, 2025 at 12:13 AM
“Migration is part of the life course; but for many Ethiopian youth, it’s a story of both hope and hardship.” - Dr Yisak Tafere at #ICES22 #YouthMigration #Ethiopia #YoungLives
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@yloxford.bsky.social
"Marriage has become too costly." Young Lives #Ethiopia Qual6 research finds inflation & unemployment in post-conflict Tigray make weddings & household formation unaffordable for youth. Traditions are being reshaped by economic reality.
#EconomicCrisis #ICES22
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#EconomicCrisis #ICES22
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October 2, 2025 at 3:56 PM
"Marriage has become too costly." Young Lives #Ethiopia Qual6 research finds inflation & unemployment in post-conflict Tigray make weddings & household formation unaffordable for youth. Traditions are being reshaped by economic reality.
#EconomicCrisis #ICES22
@yloxford.bsky.social
#EconomicCrisis #ICES22
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"Endabashelama Primary in Tigray: 3 years of learning in 1, powered by joyful, activity-based methods and school feeding. Success demands govt leadership for scale-up." A case from YL #Ethiopia Qual6 Research.
#AcceleratedLearning #EducationForAll #ICES2025
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#AcceleratedLearning #EducationForAll #ICES2025
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October 2, 2025 at 3:04 PM
"Endabashelama Primary in Tigray: 3 years of learning in 1, powered by joyful, activity-based methods and school feeding. Success demands govt leadership for scale-up." A case from YL #Ethiopia Qual6 Research.
#AcceleratedLearning #EducationForAll #ICES2025
@yloxford.bsky.social
#AcceleratedLearning #EducationForAll #ICES2025
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Youth in Tigray face trauma, broken education, & economic hardship after war. Hope is rare but crucial for recovery. Psychosocial support + fair governance = key to rebuilding lives.
#Tigray #YouthHope #PostConflict #ResearchMatters #ICES2025 #Ethiopia
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#Tigray #YouthHope #PostConflict #ResearchMatters #ICES2025 #Ethiopia
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October 2, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Youth in Tigray face trauma, broken education, & economic hardship after war. Hope is rare but crucial for recovery. Psychosocial support + fair governance = key to rebuilding lives.
#Tigray #YouthHope #PostConflict #ResearchMatters #ICES2025 #Ethiopia
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#Tigray #YouthHope #PostConflict #ResearchMatters #ICES2025 #Ethiopia
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"Sustainable youth recovery needs holistic solutions: MHPSS, education, economic empowerment, health, & gender-sensitive programs. Integrated care is key!" Gezach Woldu from YL #Ethiopia Qual 6 study at #ICES22
#MentalHealth #YouthEmpowerment
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#MentalHealth #YouthEmpowerment
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October 1, 2025 at 9:16 PM
"Sustainable youth recovery needs holistic solutions: MHPSS, education, economic empowerment, health, & gender-sensitive programs. Integrated care is key!" Gezach Woldu from YL #Ethiopia Qual 6 study at #ICES22
#MentalHealth #YouthEmpowerment
@yloxford.bsky.social
#MentalHealth #YouthEmpowerment
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FGM & #earlymarriage remain deeply rooted in Eastern Shewa, forcing girls out of school & into hardship. Bizuayehu Ayele (Young Lives) shares at the 22nd International Conference of Ethiopian Studies; ending these practices is key to smoother youth transitions.
#ICES22 #endFGM
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#ICES22 #endFGM
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October 1, 2025 at 8:07 PM
FGM & #earlymarriage remain deeply rooted in Eastern Shewa, forcing girls out of school & into hardship. Bizuayehu Ayele (Young Lives) shares at the 22nd International Conference of Ethiopian Studies; ending these practices is key to smoother youth transitions.
#ICES22 #endFGM
@yloxford.bsky.social
#ICES22 #endFGM
@yloxford.bsky.social
In Addis Ababa, many youth face delayed marriage mental health struggles & risky migration paths due to unemployment. Yeshi Mulatu (Young Lives) shares @ the 22nd International Conference on Ethiopian Studies that tackling joblessness is key to a smoother transition into adulthood #YouthUnemployment
October 1, 2025 at 7:19 PM
In Addis Ababa, many youth face delayed marriage mental health struggles & risky migration paths due to unemployment. Yeshi Mulatu (Young Lives) shares @ the 22nd International Conference on Ethiopian Studies that tackling joblessness is key to a smoother transition into adulthood #YouthUnemployment
A key highlight of Day 2 at #ICES22 was also the launch of History of Ethiopian Women, edited by Margaux Herman with a preface by YL Eth CD Alula Pankhurst. The book features a chapter by Dr Genet Zewde, former Minister of Education.
#WomensHistory #BookLaunch #GenderEquality
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#WomensHistory #BookLaunch #GenderEquality
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September 30, 2025 at 1:11 PM
A key highlight of Day 2 at #ICES22 was also the launch of History of Ethiopian Women, edited by Margaux Herman with a preface by YL Eth CD Alula Pankhurst. The book features a chapter by Dr Genet Zewde, former Minister of Education.
#WomensHistory #BookLaunch #GenderEquality
@yloxford.bsky.social
#WomensHistory #BookLaunch #GenderEquality
@yloxford.bsky.social
At #ICES22, Nardos Chuta from the YL Ethiopia team shared @yloxford.bsky.social Qual 6 research: Ethiopia’s youth face low SRH knowledge, stigma & disrupted maternal health services.
Urgent action needed for culturally sensitive, youth-friendly services.
#YouthHealth #SRH #MaternalHealth #Ethiopia
Urgent action needed for culturally sensitive, youth-friendly services.
#YouthHealth #SRH #MaternalHealth #Ethiopia
September 30, 2025 at 12:44 PM
At #ICES22, Nardos Chuta from the YL Ethiopia team shared @yloxford.bsky.social Qual 6 research: Ethiopia’s youth face low SRH knowledge, stigma & disrupted maternal health services.
Urgent action needed for culturally sensitive, youth-friendly services.
#YouthHealth #SRH #MaternalHealth #Ethiopia
Urgent action needed for culturally sensitive, youth-friendly services.
#YouthHealth #SRH #MaternalHealth #Ethiopia
At #ICES22, @alulapankhurst.bsky.social shared @yloxford.bsky.social’s latest research: #Ethiopia’s youth face overlapping crises - conflict, inflation, unemployment & COVID - with deep impacts on #MentalHealth
Resilience is strong, but urgent policy action is needed.
#YouthTransitions #Resilience
Resilience is strong, but urgent policy action is needed.
#YouthTransitions #Resilience
September 29, 2025 at 7:52 PM
At #ICES22, @alulapankhurst.bsky.social shared @yloxford.bsky.social’s latest research: #Ethiopia’s youth face overlapping crises - conflict, inflation, unemployment & COVID - with deep impacts on #MentalHealth
Resilience is strong, but urgent policy action is needed.
#YouthTransitions #Resilience
Resilience is strong, but urgent policy action is needed.
#YouthTransitions #Resilience
🚨 The 22nd International Conference on Ethiopian Studies opens today!
Young Lives will present on “Youth Transition to Adulthood Through a Period of Multiple Crises”, drawing from our Qual-6 research #ICES22 #YouthTransitions
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Young Lives will present on “Youth Transition to Adulthood Through a Period of Multiple Crises”, drawing from our Qual-6 research #ICES22 #YouthTransitions
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September 29, 2025 at 7:51 PM
🚨 The 22nd International Conference on Ethiopian Studies opens today!
Young Lives will present on “Youth Transition to Adulthood Through a Period of Multiple Crises”, drawing from our Qual-6 research #ICES22 #YouthTransitions
@yloxford.bsky.social @alulapankhurst.bsky.social
Young Lives will present on “Youth Transition to Adulthood Through a Period of Multiple Crises”, drawing from our Qual-6 research #ICES22 #YouthTransitions
@yloxford.bsky.social @alulapankhurst.bsky.social
🚨 New CYW-RPF Newsletter is out!
🔹 TFGBV on TikTok & YouTube in Ethiopia
🔹 Early Childhood Education & School Readiness
🔹 SGBV in the Northern Ethiopia conflict
Our new volume with 14 research papers on Protection & Empowerment
👉 Read here: bit.ly/3KnzEYB
#ChildProtection #YouthEmpowerment #EndGBV
🔹 TFGBV on TikTok & YouTube in Ethiopia
🔹 Early Childhood Education & School Readiness
🔹 SGBV in the Northern Ethiopia conflict
Our new volume with 14 research papers on Protection & Empowerment
👉 Read here: bit.ly/3KnzEYB
#ChildProtection #YouthEmpowerment #EndGBV
September 23, 2025 at 10:48 AM
🚨 New CYW-RPF Newsletter is out!
🔹 TFGBV on TikTok & YouTube in Ethiopia
🔹 Early Childhood Education & School Readiness
🔹 SGBV in the Northern Ethiopia conflict
Our new volume with 14 research papers on Protection & Empowerment
👉 Read here: bit.ly/3KnzEYB
#ChildProtection #YouthEmpowerment #EndGBV
🔹 TFGBV on TikTok & YouTube in Ethiopia
🔹 Early Childhood Education & School Readiness
🔹 SGBV in the Northern Ethiopia conflict
Our new volume with 14 research papers on Protection & Empowerment
👉 Read here: bit.ly/3KnzEYB
#ChildProtection #YouthEmpowerment #EndGBV
On this International Equal Pay Day, Young Lives calls for action: recognize unpaid care work as a social investment, public good & driver of #GenderEquality.
📖 Read: https://loom.ly/OLZVxoo
#InternationalEqualPayDay #UnpaidCareWork #YoungLivesResearch #Ethiopia
@yloxford.bsky.social
📖 Read: https://loom.ly/OLZVxoo
#InternationalEqualPayDay #UnpaidCareWork #YoungLivesResearch #Ethiopia
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Lightening the Load: New Evidence on the Impacts of Unpaid Care Work on Women and Girls | Young Lives Ethiopia
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September 19, 2025 at 1:29 PM
On this International Equal Pay Day, Young Lives calls for action: recognize unpaid care work as a social investment, public good & driver of #GenderEquality.
📖 Read: https://loom.ly/OLZVxoo
#InternationalEqualPayDay #UnpaidCareWork #YoungLivesResearch #Ethiopia
@yloxford.bsky.social
📖 Read: https://loom.ly/OLZVxoo
#InternationalEqualPayDay #UnpaidCareWork #YoungLivesResearch #Ethiopia
@yloxford.bsky.social
🌟 Transforming Societies Through Childcare
Join the CYW-RPF September Seminar with Partnership for Change.
To participate visit here - https://loom.ly/V58mHEM
#ChildProtection #SocialChange #CommunityImpact #Ethiopia
@yloxford.bsky.social @alulapankhurst.bsky.social
Join the CYW-RPF September Seminar with Partnership for Change.
To participate visit here - https://loom.ly/V58mHEM
#ChildProtection #SocialChange #CommunityImpact #Ethiopia
@yloxford.bsky.social @alulapankhurst.bsky.social
September 18, 2025 at 2:33 PM
🌟 Transforming Societies Through Childcare
Join the CYW-RPF September Seminar with Partnership for Change.
To participate visit here - https://loom.ly/V58mHEM
#ChildProtection #SocialChange #CommunityImpact #Ethiopia
@yloxford.bsky.social @alulapankhurst.bsky.social
Join the CYW-RPF September Seminar with Partnership for Change.
To participate visit here - https://loom.ly/V58mHEM
#ChildProtection #SocialChange #CommunityImpact #Ethiopia
@yloxford.bsky.social @alulapankhurst.bsky.social
🚨 At the August CYW-RPF Monthly Seminar: new findings from @UNWomenEthiopia’s study on Women on the Move in #Ethiopia:
99% of returnees migrated for work
43% used smugglers
20% faced SGBV
11% trafficked
Half knew missing women
🔗 https://loom.ly/WQrGz4E
#MigrantWomen #EndGBV
@yloxford.bsky.social
99% of returnees migrated for work
43% used smugglers
20% faced SGBV
11% trafficked
Half knew missing women
🔗 https://loom.ly/WQrGz4E
#MigrantWomen #EndGBV
@yloxford.bsky.social
August 29, 2025 at 1:16 PM
🚨 At the August CYW-RPF Monthly Seminar: new findings from @UNWomenEthiopia’s study on Women on the Move in #Ethiopia:
99% of returnees migrated for work
43% used smugglers
20% faced SGBV
11% trafficked
Half knew missing women
🔗 https://loom.ly/WQrGz4E
#MigrantWomen #EndGBV
@yloxford.bsky.social
99% of returnees migrated for work
43% used smugglers
20% faced SGBV
11% trafficked
Half knew missing women
🔗 https://loom.ly/WQrGz4E
#MigrantWomen #EndGBV
@yloxford.bsky.social