Ethiopia: The Interview - Researching the 'Gada System and the Role of Women' in Ensuring the Protection of Women's Rights

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Ethiopia: The Interview - Researching the 'Gada System and the Role of Women' in Ensuring the Protection of Women's Rights

[Addis Standard] The Center for Advancement of Rights and Democratic (CARD) published a study titled (GADA SYSTEM AND WOMEN'S RIGHTS: The Role of Oromoo Women's Customary Institutions in Ensuring The Protection of Rights of Women). The study was conducted by Muluken Kassahun, an Assistant Professor of Law at Mettu University. Muluken did his LLB in Laws at Jimma University, LLM in Comparative Public Law and Good Governance (ECSU), and is a Ph.D. student in Human Rights at Addis Abeba University. He is certified for Compete

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