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Minister of Women Children and Youth Affairs visit to the Quarantine shelter
Her Excellency Filsan Abdullahi Minister of Women Children and Youth Affairs, together with State Minister Deatas of WCYA, her Excellency Simegn Wube and her Excellency Hiwot Hailu came to visit the...
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QUARANTINE SHELTER FOR GBV SURVIVORS DURING THE PANDEMIC OPENED
As COVID-19 was announce as a potential risk in the world and Ethiopia, Shelters were closed to keep the existing survivors safe as possible. But this was a challenge since GBV is not something t...
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Happy International Women’s Day
Twelve small actions with big impact for Generation Equality
Credit: UN Women
From the Liberian women’s sex strike paving the way for peace to the Icelandic “Women’s Day Off” demanding econ...
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AWSAD Opens a New Safehouse in Hawassa City
AWSAD successfully launched its sixth safe house in the city of Hawassa on December 14th, 2019. This largest safe house in the country which is set up with financial support from UN Women, has the ca...
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The 31st World AIDS Day
The 31st World AIDS Day was commemorated at the United Nations Conference Center in Addis Ababa (UNCC-AA) from November 27-29 with the theme "Communities make the difference". The event was organized...
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The Passing of Dr. Bogalech Gebre
AWSAD would like to express its profound sorrow over the loss of the Founder of KMG Ethiopia and women’s rights advocate, Dr. Bogalech Gebre.
We are deeply shocked and saddened by this news. Our h...
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The 4th World Conference of Women’s Shelters, Taiwan
The 4th World Conference of Women’s Shelters (4WCWS) which is the largest and most diverse global gathering on protection services and prevention of violence against women, is being held in Kaohsiung...
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Celebrating New Year at the National Palace
H.E. President Sahle Work Zewde invited children and youth who are under the support of different local NGOs including children from AWSAD's safe house to lunch at the National Palace and wished them...
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Tree Planting Event
This morning AWSAD’s safe house residents and staff joined the “Run_for_Trees” event with the motto “Let us Run, Let us Plant, Let us put our Green_print!”.We are really pleased to take part in makin...
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