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Journal article

Cheap and disposable? the impact of the global economic crisis on the migration of Ethiopian women domestic workers to the Gulf

01/07/2010

14 pages long

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Cheap and disposable? the impact of the global economic crisis on the migration of Ethiopian women domestic workers to the Gulf

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This paper investigates the impact of the global economic crisis on the migration of Ethiopian women domestic workers to the Gulf. It argues that migration as a strategy to cope with existing crises in Ethiopia will be severely constrained by post-downturn policy shifts, which have already produced a significant decline in numbers of recorded migrants […]

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Research report

The Rain Doesn’t Come On Time Anymore: Poverty, vulnerability, and climate variability in Ethiopia

26/04/2010

1 documents

45 pages long

Languages: English

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Climate variability in Ethiopia is not new – but now, in addition to the usual struggles, Ethiopians living in poverty are additionally suffering the effects of climate change – both more variable climate and more extreme weather events. People who are already poor and marginalized are struggling with the added burden of climate variability. For […]

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Briefing note

Bridging the Digital Gender Divide in Africa: A policy brief for the summit of the African Union, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, January 2010

01/01/2010

1 documents

6 pages long

Languages: English

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African Heads of States and Governments gather in Addis Ababa for the 14th Ordinary Session of the Assembly of the African Union at a time when the continent faces a huge digital divide. African women are disproportionately affected by this divide. The Summit’s theme ‘Information and Communication Technologies in Africa: Challenges and Prospects for Development’ […]

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Briefing paper

Band Aids and Beyond: Tackling disasters in Ethiopia 25 years after the famine

22/10/2009

3 documents

22 pages long

Languages: English, French, Spanish

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In 1984, a massive humanitarian operation was launched in response to famine in Ethiopia. Thousands of lives were saved. Twenty-five years on, as droughts become dangerously common, we have to look beyond the traditional ‘band-aid’ responses. For Ethiopians it is more sustainable and dignified to identify and tackle the risk of disaster rather than simply […]

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Evaluation report

Evaluation Of the Regional Pastoral Programme in the HECA Region

01/03/2009

2 documents

31 pages long

Languages: English

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The Horn/East Africa Regional Pastoral Programme (RPP) is a 15 year programme which seeks to address the poverty and marginalisation of pastoralists in the Horn and East African countries of Sudan, Ethiopia, Somalia, Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda. This is a mid-term evaluation of the regional programme, which commenced in 2003. The purpose is to assess […]

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Case study

The Road to Self-Reliance – ABCD

14/06/2008

1 documents

3 pages long

Languages: English

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An Asset-Based Community Driven (ABCD) approach that starts with the identification of community assets, rather than needs, is bringing very positive results especially for women and girls in Ethiopia and is a model for other communities.

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Journal article

Childhood poverty and evidence-based policy engagement in Ethiopia

01/06/2008

13 pages long

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This article explores efforts to bridge multi-disciplinary research and policy engagement to tackle child poverty in the contexts of developing countries, based on the experiences of Young Lives, an international longitudinal policy-research project. It focuses on a case study involving the application of research evidence on child poverty to shape policy debates concerning Ethiopia’s second-generation […]

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Book

Rights-based Approaches: Learning project

30/03/2008

3 documents

134 pages long

Languages: Arabic, English, French

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The failure to respect, protect, or fulfil human rights is a fundamental and leading obstacle to economic development and social justice. Practically speaking, however, NGOs are still struggling to understand what this major organisational shift means. The term ‘rights-based approaches’ (RBAs) has become so familiar that we tend to assume that it is well-understood and […]

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Education resource

Developing Rights: A resource for ages 11-14 exploring rights around the world

28/09/2007

12 documents

Languages: English

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Why are rights important? This resource will help your class to think about the place of rights in their own lives, and see how young people from around the world are claiming theirs. Useful for exploring issues such as equality, the right to education, and the balance between rights and responsibilities, the activities also use […]

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Book

Leaving Disasters Behind: A guide to disaster risk reduction in Ethiopia

15/01/2007

8 documents

210 pages long

Languages: English

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This book is intended for staff from government agencies, non-government organizations, academic and research institutions and also donors who work in or for the disaster-prone areas of Ethiopia. The book will also be useful for those working in other disaster-prone regions in Africa and beyond. It provides guidance on how to reduce disaster risk using […]

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