Nigussie Mihretu

Nigussie Mihretu is a gender and development specialist with long experience in mainstreaming gender and youth in development sectors. Besides, he has extensive experience in capacity building and social inclusion. Currently, he is working as a gender and capacity building officer for AIRWASH Project of Helvetas Swiss Intercooperation Ethiopia.

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“He for She": Engaging Men for Women’s Empowerment in Ethiopia

Lasting empowerment for women requires a more serious and honest effort to understand and support change among men who are integral to their lives. This is so important in societies as highly patriarchal as Ethiopia.

Written by Nigussie Mihretu, Zenebe B. Uraguchi - 17. October 2017