A 25-year-old Ethiopian maid has accused Dr Yonas Tegegn, the World Health Organisation’s representative in Thailand, and his wife, of abusing her and forcing her to work without pay for nearly two years. — PHOTO: THE NEW PAPER BANGKOK (AFP) – The World Health Organization’s (WHO’s) top official in Thailand on Saturday denied beating his
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AFP -Thai police said Wednesday they are investigating a senior Bangkok-based World Health Organization official and his wife after their Ethiopian maid accused them of modern-day slavery and physical abuse. The 25-year-old maid filed a complaint last month accusing her employers of beating her and forcing her to work without pay for nearly two years
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By Emmanuel Igunza A screen grab from the film Price of Love by Hermon Hailay Price of Love, in Amharic, has been nominated for Africa’s top film award at the Fespaco festival Ethiopian scriptwriter and film director Hermon Hailay says she grew up close to prostitutes. “I know them as young, beautiful women, mothers, sisters
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The Gang Involved In Trafficking Of Housemaids In Police Custody. An Ethiopian Woman Was Leading The Group And Supplying Maids To Citizens And Expatriates KUWAIT CITY: Officers from the General Department for Residency Affairs Investigations arrested a gang led by an Ethiopian woman for housemaid trafficking in Jleeb Al-Shuyoukh area. According to a press statement
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The Gang Involved In Trafficking Of Housemaids In Police Custody. An Ethiopian Woman Was Leading The Group And Supplying Maids To Citizens And Expatriates KUWAIT CITY: Officers from the General Department for Residency Affairs Investigations arrested a gang led by an Ethiopian woman for housemaid trafficking in Jleeb Al-Shuyoukh area. According to a press statement
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Next week, Crown Princess Mary of Denmark will travel to Ethiopia to continue furthering Denmark’s agenda to improve women’s and girls’ health and rights issues around the world. Accompanying her will be the trade and development minister, Mogens Jensen. Crown Princess Mary of Denmark will travel to Ethiopia to continue furthering Denmark’s agenda to improve
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Sanaa (AFP) – At least 35 African migrants went missing after their boat capsized in bad weather off southwest Yemen on Monday, a military official said. Authorities have rescued eight Ethiopians and five Somalis, including a woman, and the body of another Somali has been retrieved from the boat which was carrying 49 people,
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Following years of struggling to conceive, Ethiopian woman gives birth at 56. Former Ethiopian immigrant has baby at 56 at Kaplan Medical Center. (photo credit:Courtesy) A 56-year-old Kiryat Malachi woman gave birth at the age of 56 to her first child — a healthy 3.01-kilo baby boy. The new mother came on aliya from Ethiopia
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By Dr. Yirgalem Gebremeskel For some, Ethiopia conjures images of famine and extreme poverty. I see a completely different picture. Ethiopia is a country rich in opportunity and resources, composed of hardworking men and women with innovative ideas and entrepreneurial spirits. However, agricultural technology and best business practices are not widely available or utilized. Women
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An Ethiopian maid committed suicide here Sunday, said Al-Jouf Police spokesman Col. Turki Al-Muwaishir. She used a piece of cloth to hang herself from window. The maid’s sponsor reported her death to the police after he saw her body hanging from the window. Paramedics transported her body to hospital where a postmortem examination will be
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