Motto: Listen to one another - Speak up for one another - Protect each other.| Student Led Mvt| Feminist Activism for Equality| Leadership| AAU & Mekelle Uni|
Above all, we appreciated their efforts in creating male student allies so as to ensure a future where gender equality is not only women’s, but everyone’s issue.
As women’s rights advocates and their mentors, we recognize the potential and impact Gender clubs have on women.
“Being part of the Gender club has allowed me to fight for girls’ right at school”
-Kidus, a high school Gender club team leader
Yellow Movement, as a member of the Ethiopian Women and Human Rights Defenders Coalition (@ET-WHRDC), has been liaising with Gender clubs to
equip more students with the necessary gender equality knowledge. The Gender clubs’ representatives come from six government schools in Addis Ababa and work to challenge gender norms at their school by providing information and creating solidarity.
The Ethiopian Women Human Rights Defenders (ET_WHRDC) has facilitated a grassroots community discussion with women’s rights advocates who are working to eliminate violence against women within the society.
Reading these letters by victims/ survivors of sexual violence at AWSAD, addressed to the President of Ethiopia, has been very touching and inspiring! Hoping these voices get heard @EWhrdc
At 2pm today our long awaited discussion will be kicking off. ‘We’ll be talking ‘Muslim family law and the Plural legal system in Ethiopia’ Join the conversation with the hashstag #womeninislam
For the International Day of the Girl, members of Ethiopian Women's Rights Advocates Coalition came together to amplify the voices of survivors of gender based violence. Here are excerpts from the letters the survivors wrote and addressed to @SahleWorkZewde#lettertomypresident
Women's Human Rights Defender Organizations came together to amplify the voices of survivors of SGBV. For the International Day of the Girl, the girls wrote #lettertomypresident' here are excerpts from their letters addressed to president @SahleWorkZewde of Ethiopia.