The Ethiopian Young Women's Voice (EYWV) Launched

Young women representing almost all region, forty (40) attended the three days conference that formed the Ethiopian Young Women Voice.

Day-One, began with young women’s representatives from regions and city administrations interacting through storytelling and experience sharing. These young women also received training on movement building by Terre Des Hommes Netherlands and motivational speech on intentional development. The training helps young women improve their competence, capacity, and performance and gain knowledge and new skills.

Day Two: The young women received a training on youth advocacy. This improves the skills to speak for themselves, demand their rights and asks. Later on, the young women consciously deliberated on the existing legal and socio-economic situation of the young women and girls and identified their concerns and asks. Then, the young women started their high-level advocacy action as right holders and presented their demands and asks to the relevant Ministries and Commission, as duty bearers during the interface meeting.

In the interface meeting the Ministry of Women and Social Affairs; Plan and Development Commission; Health; Education and Finance have attended and responded to the young women demands and asks. Those unanswered demands and asks will be addressed in the future as agreed upon.

Day Three: The young women discussed on drafted memorandum of understanding (MOU), made amendments and approved it. As per the MOU, they elected Seven-Members technical committee to coordinate and manage the future actions of EYWV under the auspices of NEWA.

At last, the representatives of Ethiopian young women from all folks of society warmly established their Voice. The establishment of the long awaited Ethiopian Young Women’s Voice, the first of its kind was celebrated.

The event was held for three days from 9:00PM to 5:00PM on December 8-10, 2022 at the Mosaic Hotel