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Thursday, July 24, 2003 - 03:00
Categories: 
Women & gender [2]
Issue Number: 
120 [3]
Article-Summary: 

Gifti Abasiya is the State Minister for Women’s Affairs – one of the smallest ministries in Ethiopia. In this interview with IRIN, she says that discrimination is a result of undemocratic systems, and that widespread and deeply entrenched poverty is the key factor in fuelling arcane attitudes towards women.

Category: 
Gender & Minorities [4]
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http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category.php/wgender/16551 [5]
Country: 
Ethiopia [6]

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