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It can be dangerous being a woman factory worker in Ethiopia.

Long working hours, poor conditions, and sexist managers take their toll. All day, you’re shouted at to work faster, and often verbally abused if you make a mistake.

But when women know their rights, they can push back. Our partner, Siiqqee, is training thousands of women - and their employers - on workers’ rights, labour law, health and safety, sexual harassment, and more.

Education can shift the balance of power for workers in Ethiopia - but only if we step it up a gear. We want to raise £9,000 in September for work like this empowering women in Ethiopia. Chip in today - it only takes a few minutes. ([link removed])
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After attending training from Siiqqee, women workers come together to organise in groups, talk through issues, and take action. They push for their rights not just at work, but in their community and at home. Bit-by-bit, this has the power to raise the status of women across Ethiopia.

We’ve seen this approach make real change in women’s lives. Factory worker Wudinesh and her colleagues were rarely paid on time. After attending training they took the issue to management - and they won!

This increase in confidence had a ripple effect at home as well. It prompted Wudinesh to speak to her husband about how they split chores. Now he shares more of the domestic and care work with her.
And it’s not just about workers! Dula, a factory manager, resisted training from Siiqqee to start with. He didn’t want to “spoil” his workers and thought his “management style was perfect”.

But after taking part in the training, he extended maternity leave, created safe spaces, and gave workers time off to breastfeed.

“We didn’t consider issues like workplace harassment and [women’s] safety. I didn’t know what challenges [women] faced, that was why I resisted the idea at the beginning.

Hopefully, our company will become a role model for other companies in the way it has been treating women workers.”

– Dula, Factory Manager
Siqqee has already trained 4,635 women and 437 employers. It’s working, but we need to go further and fund more work like this.

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With best wishes,

Hannah Little
Supporter Care Team
Womankind Worldwide
Header image: a woman photographed using a handloom near Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (Photo credit: Maheder Haileselassie Tadese)

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