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Ethiopia,
partners sign $7.5 mln worth
programme
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 ADDIS
ABEBA(August 2 - 3,2008) - The
Government of Ethiopia, Spanish Development International Cooperation
Agency, United Nations Resident Coordinator's Office, United Nations
Population fund (UNFPA) and World Food Programme (WFP) on Thursday
signed a joint programme under the UNDP- Spain Millennium Development
goal (MDG) Achievement fund.
The programme will have duration of 3 years and an estimated budget
of 7.5 million USD has been made available by the UNDP- Spain Millennium
Development Goal (MDG) Achievement's Fund entitled "Leave No
Women Behind" for its execution.
Hirut Dilebo, Minster of Women Affairs on her remarks at Sheraton
Hotel said that the problem of women and children in Ethiopia is very
complex adding that the government has been striving to curb with
partners.
The joint programme is an integrated programmer addressing gender
equality and women empowerment objectives.
The interventions of the joint programme are clearly aligned with
the MDGs, United Nations Development Framework (UNDAF) and fall within
the priorities of the Gender Thematic Group, according to officials
at the signing ceremony at the Sheraton.
The programme was being implemented in ten woredas of Amhara and Tigray
Regional States. Institutional capacity building, community mobilization,
life skills, literacy, reproductive health and livelihood targeting
community mobilization targeting a total of 254,000 people are included
in Programme.
According to Monique Rakotomalala, Ambassador's Farewell and Representative
of UNFPA Ethiopia, Amhara and Tigray regions were chosen from the
rest of regions for the reason that the intensity rate of early marriage
in both regions was higher than others.
Activities will include providing mentoring and basic education for
girls and women; training health extension workers and health staff
on reproductive health, HIV and gender; providing information about
nutrition and sustainable homestead activities; a credit scheme; and
married girls club to provide information about reproductive health,
legal rights and livelihood skills, a statement issued on the day
said.
Leave no women behind is an experimental project being implemented
in rural areas of Amhara region. The project uses mobilization of
women into groups and adult literacy as an entry point for reproductive
health educating and referrals.
H.E Mekonnen Manyazewal, State Ministry of Finance and Economic Development,
H.E.Ms. Carmen DeLa Pena Corcuera, Ambassador of Spain and different
UN Representatives attended the ceremony.
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