News Ethiopia Religion: Ethiopian-Israeli filmmaker shines the camera on life her community left behind
“Many of the youth, regardless of religious identity, left Ethiopia because of that [reason],” Adugna added. While Adugna never personally witnessed a roundup, “you heard [about] it everywhere,” he ...
News Ethiopia Religion: Ethiopia needs a new rallying point instead of recycling its painful past
Ultimately, the social tool that religious intellectuals deployed to avoid existential crisis became an opportunity that could help to reconfigure the Ethiopian union. But it proved to be a missed ...
News Ethiopia Religion: ‘Red Sea Diving Resort’ dramatizes Israel’s daring rescue of Ethiopian Jews
“Ethiopian Jews started this whole thing ... you are then able to see their differences in beliefs, culture, and religion. The biggest mistake that Europeans made when they began to conquer ...
News Ethiopia Religion: Earliest evidence of high-altitude living found in Ethiopia
Scientists found the rock shelter in Ethiopia's Bale Mountains ... RELATED Early hunter-gatherer ate entire venomous snake, possibly for religious reasons But while early hunter gatherers began ...
News Ethiopia Religion: Child marriage and psychological well-being in Niger and Ethiopia
Despite an understanding of the circumstances of child marriage, including how it limits agency and erodes childhood support systems, not much is known about the relationship between child marriage and mental health of child brides, especially in the sub-Saharan African context. To address this gap, we use large-scale population-based data from ever-married women aged 18–45 in Niger (n = 2764) and Ethiopia (n = 4149) to examine the association of child marriage with overall psychological well-being and its sub-domains: depression, anxiety, positive well-being, vitality, self-control and general health. We complement this with qualitative data from Ethiopia to further contextualize the psychological well-being of child brides. Multivariate linear regressions were conducted to estimate the association between child marriage and overall psychological well-being and its sub-domains. Thematic qualitative analysis was conducted to further understand the lives of child brides. Our regression analysis found significant negative associations between very early marriage (marriage at 15 years or earlier) and overall psychological well-being in both Niger and Ethiopia. With the exception of self-control, all sub-domains of psychological well-being – depression, anxiety, positive well-being, vitality and general health – were negatively associated with very early marriage. In addition, in the qualitative analysis, Ethiopian child brides reported suffering emotional distress and depression induced by the burden of handling marital responsibilities at an early age. The study highlights that even in settings where child marriage is normative, marrying very early is associated with negative outcomes. Further research is needed to understand the mechanisms that make those married during early adolescence particularly vulnerable to psychological distress, so that programs can address those vulnerabilities.
News Ethiopia Religion: A network of hidden churches could be Ethiopia’s most adventurous hiking trail
(Renato Granieri/PA) Famous for its elaborate places of worship carved into the earth’s core, Lalibela, a small town in northern Ethiopia, is the heartland for religious festivals such as Genna, ...
News Ethiopia Religion: "I am a Nuer but Lived with Dinka brothers since Pinyodu in Ethiopia"
30th July is the day dedicated as South Sudanese martyr’s day. South Sudanese mark this day in different ways across the world. Between 1987-90, a group of young boys were moved from their villages into various camps in Ethiopia. Michael Marnath Manyol was one of the lost boys and can tell the story of how some of his friends died while crossing the river Nile in 1980s.
News Ethiopia Religion: How Mossad Brings Jews to Zion
Bring the Ethiopian Jewry to me." The Jews in Ethiopia suffered from famine, political and religious oppression, and violence and were under the suspicious eyes of neighbors willing to inform ...
News Ethiopia Religion: Abiy’s Reform Agenda: Gaining Momentum or Losing Steam?
Ethiopia was viewed as a ‘closed’ country ... while striking a balance in gender, ethnic and religious representation in government. SEE ALSO :The economic realities of outsourcing thinking Against ...
News Ethiopia Religion: Ethiopian women abroad give abuse survivors a new platform — and a new voice
On the page, they discuss sensitive topics like dating outside the Ethiopian community, sex and nontraditional religions. They also talk about the status of women. For instance, on International Women ...
