Project of training in Human Rights, legal assistance and participatory design of actions in the strategy of the association “Ethiopian Women Lawyers” for the reduction of harmful traditional practices in Ethiopia.
The project, executed between 2009 and 2011, has been focused on the fight against the practice of female genital mutilation which, despite its illegality, is a common practice in rural areas of the country.
The project has avoided, In its first and only edition, that 1,700,000 women and girls were victims of genital mutilation, in addition to prevent the kidnapping of girls for their marriage in the Gurage region.