Comments on: Ethiopian Youth Lobby Senators to Pass Law Protecting Girls

By: Hiruy

Hiruy — Thu, 02 Dec 2010 05:40:25 +0000

Very positive, well written piece…hopefully this law passes but with Congress you never know..

By: Dubale Chanyalew

Dubale Chanyalew — Sat, 31 Jul 2010 12:08:28 +0000

More power to the youth. Fantastic indeed.

By: Cheery

Cheery — Sat, 31 Jul 2010 02:22:27 +0000

cool. betam arif

By: Sara

Sara — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 20:53:11 +0000

Hope they pass it too!

Good job! Bravo!

By: Bergude

Bergude — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 19:10:49 +0000

The abusive condition of early age marriage at different parts of Ethiopia exposes young women to different health hazards, like fistula. This is an excellent initiative. Well done!

By: Wongel Girma (VA)

Wongel Girma (VA) — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 19:00:15 +0000

In my opinion early child marriage and FGM are one of the worst worst things that grown-ups willfully subject young children to. I recommend to all to watch the movie Waris Dirie, played by Ethiopian-born actress Liya Kebede who is also an activist for girls-health, to understand the life-long trauma these practices bring upon people. I applaud Saba for giving voice to this important bill and for engaging the youth with their lawmakers. The experience provides these kids not only with a sense of ownership of issues but also real-time schooling in the process of campaigning to pass or change law in the U.S.political process.