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24. Women Empowerment in Ethiopia Passed

Thursday November 23, 2023 13:30 - 14:30 CET Bubblan

Lecturers: Amen Hultström, Hanna BekeleGurmessa, Nebiyu HundissaTuli, Wosen Berhanu, Yonas Tesfaye
Moderators: Linda Gustafsson, Tomas Andersson

Ethiopia is a country affected by conflicts, ethnic disputes and rampant inflation. This particularly affects the children. Around 3 million children do not have access to school education and as many as 16 million children are exposed to exploitative child labour. The majority are girls. How important is it for a woman to be able to educate and support herselves to be able to live a safe and dignified life? And how does it affect a society that more women receive education?

Church of Sweden in Helsingborg is a partner in projects that strengthen women's opportunities individually as well as from a societal perspective. It concerns everything from quality pre-school education for street children, vocational training for young people who have involuntarily ended up in the commercial sex industry, self-help groups with training in economics, family planning and health, to higher academic education at master's and doctoral level with the aim to strengthen organizations and leadership in the Ethiopian civil society.

Listen to the organizations Hope for children in Ethiopia and the Ethiopian Graduate School of Theology, about creating fundamentally life-changing conditions in Ethiopian society, empowering women.



Organizer

Svenska kyrkan Helsingborg

Ämnestagg

Rätten till arbete
Rätten till utbildning
Fred och konflikt
Jämställdhet

Målgrupp

Civilsamhälle
Intresserad allmänhet

Programform

Panelsamtal/föreläsning

Tolkningsalternativ

Teckenspråkstolkas

Language

English

Level

Grund

Lecturers

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Amen Hultström Lecturer

Amen is the Board of Director, she is involved in the decision making issues of the organization, She consults the executive director regarding her profession, Amen is an entrepreneur and founder of Sozo Consulting, a Swedish Ethiopian consultancy based in Addis Abeba, Ethiopia. With over 15 years of experience in business development, project management and promotion, Amen is an expert in creating custom solutions for small- and medium-sized businesses and building partnerships to achieve company objectives. She also works as a business coach and has skills in business analysis and improvement, networking, training and motivating others and fostering team spirit. Amen supports and coaches non-profits in Ethiopia in developing income generating activities and she is passionate about changing lives of street children in Ethiopia.

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Hanna BekeleGurmessa Lecturer

Head Registrar - Hanna did BA in Educational Planning and Management (Addis Ababa University, AAU), MA in Teaching English as a Foreign Language (AAU), and PGD in Biblical and Theological Studies (in progress, EGST).

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Nebiyu HundissaTuli Lecturer

Hope for children in Ethiopia

Program assistant and communication, Hope for children in Ethiopia
Addis Abeba

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Wosen Berhanu Lecturer

Project officer - Maternal, Newborn and Child Health at Ethiopian Graduate School of Theology.

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Yonas Tesfaye Lecturer

CEO/Founder Hope for children in Ethiopia

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Linda Gustafsson ModeratorExhibitor

Svenska kyrkan

Kommunikationschef Svenska kyrkan Helsingborg, representant i internationella ekumeniska gruppen.

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Tomas Andersson Moderator

Hope for Children

Ekonomichef Svenska kyrkan Helsingborg, samordnare internationella ekumeniska gruppen.