Opportunities for Women

Literacy. Income generation. These new opportunities are helping Hamar women feed their families.

But they’re also producing another positive change – helping women gain a voice.  Traditionally, women are considered property in Hamar culture. They do all the work but their opinions are not consulted. Today, that is changing. Last year, women were not permitted to speak at community meetings. Now elders are starting to include them in decisions. Elders are urging husbands to send their wives to school and over 90% of new students are women.                    

Community Meeting with Women as well as Men      

        

        Since going to school and earning money, women have been permitted to speak at community meetings

 

      

 

 

      Graduation: Ama Oita and Gulu Bola graduate from Level 1 of GTLI's Functional Adult Literacy school. GTLI staff present their graduation presents: a blanket and a cooking pot.