The School of Social Work and Social Policy, TCD with the support of the Trinity International Development Initiative invite you to:
Better Futures for Girls and Young Women in Ethiopia: Exploring Key Issues
This event on Africa day will explore three of the most pressing issues facing girls and women in Ethiopia - education, early marriage and rural-urban migration. Securing better future for girls and women in Ethiopia and elsewhere is important for the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals in general and gender equality and women’s empowerment in particular (SDG5).
This seminar will consider Ethiopia’s past achievements, existing challenges and potential future gains in the areas of gender equality and women’s empowerment. Privileging the experiences of girls and women, this seminar will chart the opportunities and challenges that girls and women encounter as they search for better futures, set against the backdrop of Ethiopia’s rapidly changing social, economic and political landscape. It will emphasise that progress on gender equality requires an integrated approach that works across the multiple issues affecting the lives of girls and women, and also acknowledges the different experiences within and between distinct groups of girls and women.
This event is organised by the School of Social Work and Social Policy, TCD with the support of the Trinity International Development Initiative and the Irish Research Council New Foundations Scheme #loveirishreserach
Date: Thursday 25th May 2017
Time: 10:30am-1:30pm
Location: Global Room, Trinity College Dublin
Speakers
- Professor Tesfaye Semela, Women and Gender Issues in Ethiopia: A Socio-Historical Analysis.
- Dr. Alula Pankhurst, Options for adolescent girls in Ethiopia: Education, work and early marriage - Evidence from Young Lives.
- Ms. Louise Yorke, “Maybe I will have a good life in the future”: The pathways of rural girls and women as they migrate to urban secondary schools in Southern Ethiopia.
- Professor Susan Murphy will provide a response to the three papers.
- This seminar will be chaired by Professor Robbie Gilligan.
Coffee, tea and sandwiches will be provided.
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All are welcome. Please register your attendance here. See TIDI website for more information.