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Let Pets Mind Their Business

Apr 2 , 2022      |      By Carolyn Kissane      |      2829 Views

A fellow human being can make us angry or trigger us to start a fight from time to time. Differences in ideas and argume...

The Obstinacy of Misogyny

Mar 26 , 2022      |      By Carolyn Kissane      |      1697 Views

As long as society continues to exist, the existence of women will not go unnoticed or unbothered, it seems. I often hea...

Humour at the Inflationary Pain

The one thing that keeps us from losing our minds due to the rise in the cost of living, especially for the youth, is humour. We certainly are becoming experts in turning our problems into moments of levity. How else can we cope with them without losing our sanity? Everybod...

Mar 19 , 2022      |      By Carolyn Kissane      |      2436 Views

For the Love of Double Standards

It is no secret that systems and structures are biased. Hypocrisy is not only reserved for people but rules as well. Start with face mask mandates on public transport. If one of the passengers fails to wear a mask, the driver will be fined. After this mandate, I have been in m...

Mar 12 , 2022      |      By Kidist Yidnekachew      |      2668 Views

If Anybody Can, It's Mothers

Grandmothers are strong women. Being a woman by itself is a definition of strength, but our grandmothers and the women who raised us have gone above and beyond. A few years ago, many things were done manually (which is still the case for many rural women), and most of them were r...

Mar 5 , 2022      |      By Carolyn Kissane      |      2731 Views

Homelessness,Bottled Water, Drama!

It is hard to ignore the rising number of homeless children on the streets of Addis Abeba. They are often running around begging for someone to buy them bread. It feels bad when we cannot give them anything. It is an indictment on our society that we cannot address the crisis of...

Feb 26 , 2022      |      By Kidist Yidnekachew      |      2867 Views

Humour at the Inflationary Pain

The one thing that keeps us from losing our minds due to the rise in the cost of living, especially for the youth, is humour. We certainly are becoming experts in turning our problems into moments of levity. How else can we cope with them without losing our sanity? Everybod...

Mar 19 , 2022      |      By Carolyn Kissane      |      2436 Views

For the Love of Double Standards

It is no secret that systems and structures are biased. Hypocrisy is not only reserved for people but rules as well. Start with face mask mandates on public transport. If one of the passengers fails to wear a mask, the driver will be fined. After this mandate, I have been in m...

Mar 12 , 2022      |      By Kidist Yidnekachew      |      2668 Views

If Anybody Can, It's Mothers

Grandmothers are strong women. Being a woman by itself is a definition of strength, but our grandmothers and the women who raised us have gone above and beyond. A few years ago, many things were done manually (which is still the case for many rural women), and most of them were r...

Mar 5 , 2022      |      By Carolyn Kissane      |      2731 Views

Homelessness,Bottled Water, Drama!

It is hard to ignore the rising number of homeless children on the streets of Addis Abeba. They are often running around begging for someone to buy them bread. It feels bad when we cannot give them anything. It is an indictment on our society that we cannot address the crisis of...

Feb 26 , 2022      |      By Kidist Yidnekachew      |      2867 Views

Language's the Great Communicator

A conversation between two women of different lingo-cultural groups, ages and religions surprised me. At first, I thought they were talking in Amharic but as they kept conversing, I realized it was another language spoken as a first language by one of them. They seemed to enjoy t...

Feb 19 , 2022      |      By Carolyn Kissane      |      2207 Views

Smoking Bad, Smokers Automatically Not

On a commute in public transportation, a driver pointed to a woman smoking in the car. I thought it was only the man who was smoking. It turns out the lady was partaking in the bad habit as well. Judging from his tone, it is evident that he disapproved of smokers. He kept talking...

Feb 12 , 2022      |      By Carolyn Kissane      |      2631 Views

Body Shaming, Dawn to Dusk

Women throughout ages have been adored, criticised, shamed and even objectified for their bodies. Almost all women want to feel comfortable in their skin. But it is a common phenomenon to see women being shamed for their bodies on the streets of Addis Abeba. There is always so...

Feb 5 , 2022      |      By Carolyn Kissane      |      1877 Views

Thick Line between Self Confidence, Aggrandisement

We have all met someone who talks a lot about what they do and what they plan to do. They usually claim to be experts in their field, do not differentiate between personal and business matters, and are very open, pouring their hearts out. Unfortunately, most of the time, they are...

Jan 29 , 2022      |      By Carolyn Kissane      |      2500 Views

Vacillate Only with Principles

There is a popular saying in Ethiopia. It goes, “esuma aquam yelewim,” referring to a person without a firm stance on a given issue. These people are often portrayed as standing for nothing and falling for everything. It is considered a shortcoming as people are expected to l...

Jan 22 , 2022      |      By Kidist Yidnekachew      |      1597 Views

Right Order Comes Down to Pen, Paper

In many high school and college movies, it is not hard to find characters doing part-time waitressing jobs, mainly so they could pay for college. Watching these movies in my childhood, I linked being a waiter with being financially independent. There were scenes when these kids w...

Jan 15 , 2022      |      By Kidist Yidnekachew      |      2426 Views


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By the time Ethiopia's National Dialogue Commission (ENDC) reached the end of its fir...

Addis Abeba's Roads Reveal a Country Where the Powerful Drive Through the Law

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We have all seen the aesthetic. The “work from home” dream usually comes packaged...

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The first time I heard about the “Mesob” one-stop service initiative, relief came quickly. It sounded like a promise to citizens worn do...

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Period Poverty Crisis Forces Women to Pay For Dignity

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Luladay Abraham treats the arrival of her menstrual cycle less as a private inconveni...

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The Geopolitical Battle Over Monetary Infrastructure

The development of payment infrastructure in emerging-market economies (EMEs), from i...

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For decades, Ethiopia's roads have been described through the language of fate. The d...

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Leaders of the National Election Board are in a charm offensive mood, of a sort. Last week, they organised a rare tour for members of the me...

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The fight over Cosmo Trading Plc has outgrown the courtroom where it began. What star...