What is girl empowerment for EBCHES • Changing young girls’ mentality from “can’t do it” to “can do it.” • Creating an environment where girls can have a voice in economic, political and cultural issues. • Develop activities so that girls empowerment activities boost their self-esteem and allow them to participate on an equal platform as their male counterparts.
• Girls are denied the chance to prove their worth.
• Girls have long been discriminated against by society and made to believe that they are inferior or less important than boys
• In many societies the birth of a baby boy is received with great joy.
• The birth of a girl however is less ritual with reduced value attributed to the mother. The reception ceremony is minimal and less colorful.
• According to UN report, abduction is a well known traditional practice in parts of Ethiopia whereby girls are kidnapped and raped to be forcefully married.
• Ethiopia has the second highest Female genital mutilation (FGM) after Djbouti and Sudan To support us. contact -