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USAID Commercial Farm Service Program Opens Bishoftu Farm Service Center

Bishoftu, Oromia Region, Ethiopia, December 17, 2013 – The U.S. Government, through the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) Commercial Farm Service Program, held a ribbon cutting ceremony today for Bishoftu Farm Service Center (FSC) —the first of six such centers in Oromia Region. These private, retail supply and farm service businesses will serve as ...

By U.S. Embassy Ethiopia | 17 December, 2013 | Topics: Press Releases

Ambassador Haslach Presents Certificates to Ethiopian Disability Rights Groups

Addis Ababa, December 12, 2013 – On December 12, the Ethiopian Women Disabled National Association and the Ethiopian Human Rights Commission received certificates from U.S. Ambassador Patricia Haslach for their participation in a study tour to the United States to examine legal aid for the disabled community. Invoking the celebration of World Human Rights Day ...

By U.S. Embassy Ethiopia | 12 December, 2013 | Topics: Press Releases

Featherstone: G8 Land Deal to Boost Land rights in Ethiopia

December 9, 2013- Today, the Governments of Ethiopia, the United States of America, the United Kingdom, and the Federal Republic of Germany announced agreeing to enter a land country partnership to work together to improve rural land governance for economic growth and to protect the land rights of local citizens in Ethiopia. This partnership builds ...

By U.S. Embassy Ethiopia | 9 December, 2013 | Topics: Press Releases

Remarks by Ambassador Patricia Haslach at US Mission World AIDS Day Event

Ato Berhanu Feyissa , Director General of the Federal HIV and AIDS Prevention and Control Office Representatives from the Ministry of Health, the Ethiopian Health Nutrition Research Institute and Ministry of Women Children and Youth Affairs Members of the Press Mission Colleagues, Ladies and Gentlemen, Today we are celebrating the 10th Anniversary of the President’s ...

By U.S. Embassy Ethiopia | 3 December, 2013 | Topics: Ambassador, Speeches

The Courage to Stop Violence Against Women and Girls

The 16 Days of Activism against Gender Violence, beginning on November 25, offers an opportunity to renew the global commitment to free women and girls from violence, whether it happens behind closed doors or as a public tactic of intimidation. Whether it occurs in our own neighborhood or on distant shores, violence against women and ...

By U.S. Embassy Ethiopia | 30 November, 2013 | Topics: Ambassador, Op-eds

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