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New York  (TADIAS) — Organizers of the fourth annual International Conference of Ethiopian Women in the Diaspora, which is scheduled to take place on March 7th, 2015 in Washington DC, are calling for presentation proposals regarding “The Role of Civil Society Organization (CSOs) in the Upcoming Elections in Ethiopia.” “The main objective is to create an understanding of the magnitude of the negative impact of the Societies and Charities Law on the activities of nongovernmental organizations,” states the event host, U.S.-based Center for the Rights of Ethiopian Women (CREW). “As a women’s civil society organization, CREW will also pay special attention to Ethiopian women’s participation in the political process. Thus, one of the major questions that the conference will address will be the role of women’s organizations in mobilizing women to seek their rights for fair and free elections.” The announcement notes that between the early 1990′s and mid-2000s civil society organizat

Ethiopian Government is considering to let private investment in the multimodal (land, sea or road) transportation services. Ever since the government three years ago introduced the multimodal scheme, it has been controlling the system on monopoly basis. However, businessmen engaged in the logistics service have been complaining and even raised the matter to the Prime Minister. It was in the aim of boosting the multimodal system that the Federal Government established an enterprise after merging three enterprises; Ethiopian Shipping Lines, Dry Port Services and Maritime Enterprise. Now the government has stated it intends to include the private sector and according the State Minister of Transport, Getachew Mengiste, it is in the aim of speeding up logistics facilities. “We are considering how the private sector will take part in the multimodal scheme,” the state minister explained. “We will not decide by our self but we will involve other stake holders and we will discuss i

በዋልታ ኢንፎርሜሽን ማዕከል የተሰራው ኣዲሱ የሃዋሳ ከተማ ኣስተዳደር ድረገጽ በከተማዋ ሁለ _ ገብ ኢኮኖሚያዊ፤ ማህበራዊ እና ፖለቲካዊ የስራ እንቅስቃሴዎች ላይ ወቅታዊ መረጃን ለመስጠት ከማስቻሉ በላይ፤ በከተማዋ ያሉትን የኢንቨስትመንት ኣማራጮች ለማስተዋወቅ ያለው ፋይዳ ከፍተኛ ነው። የከተማዋ ኣስተዳደር ይህንን በመገንዘብ ከዚህ በፊት ከነበረው የኣስተዳደሩ ድረገጽ በብዙ መልኩ የተሻለ ድረገጽ በዚህ በፈሬንጆቹ ኣዲስ ኣመት (2015) ማስጀመሩ የሚያስመሰግነው ሲሆን፤ በተለይ በእንግሊዥኛ ገጹ ላይ የሚታየውን የሀሳብ ድግግሞሽ እና የኣጻጻፍ ግድፍቶች ቢያስተካክል በኣለም ኣቀፍ ደረጃ ከተማዋን በተመለከተ መረጃ ፈላጊዎች ተገብውን እና ወቅታዊ መረጃ እንድያገኙ ያስችላል። ድረገጹን ለማየት እዚህ ይጫኑ

Packing eggs for transportation to Hawassa market (Photo:ILRI\LIVES SNNP regional team) Chicken egg marketing: A viable business for couples in Southern Ethiopia? Etaferahu Bogale and Zewdu Berasso are a married couple who live in Daye  town of Arbegona district in Sidama zone, Southern Ethiopia. The couple own a small shop in the heart of the town where among other items, eggs are sold. Chicken eggs are an important source of protein and income for smallholders in many parts of Ethiopia. Sidama zone’s chicken population is about 1.3 million (16% of the region) of which about 16% are located in the intervention districts (Arbegona, Bona zuria and Bensa) of the Livestock and Irrigation Value Chains for Ethiopian Smallholders (LIVES) Project. These three districts are situated in mid to highland agro-ecologies. Etaferahu and Zewdu packing eggs for transportation to Hawassa market (Photo:ILRI\LIVES SNNP regional team) Etaferahu and Zewdu buy eggs from Arbegona district

Abstract Food aversions, cravings and pica during pregnancy are commonly known all over the world. They are documented starting from long period of time, and their prevalence varies from 50 to 90% of pregnant women. Although pica behavior is practiced globally, it is more prevalent within African countries.  To know prevalence of these practices and their association with nutritional status of pregnant women, community based cross-sectional study was conducted among 605 pregnant women in Dale Woreda, Sidama zone, Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples' Region (SNNPRS), Ethiopia. Two-stage cluster sampling technique was used to select a representative sample.  Statistical analysis was carried out using statistical package for social sciences (SPSS) version 17.0. The logistic regression and multiple linear regressions were carried out. From the total study participants, 67.9% of pregnant women were avoiding at least one food during their pregnancy period. Since food ave