Take Action: No More Violence for Ethiopian Women
Many Ethiopian women face slave labor and sexual repression. Take action!
Goal: 25,000
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Progress: 4,490
Sponsored by: The Hunger Site
A dangerous catch-22 plagues many Ethiopian girls today: they must choose between marriage before the age of 16 or face intense manual labor and sexual slavery if they leave home. It's a life doomed for violence and injustice. But these girls don't have to suffer.
The Bright Future program in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia helps low-income women and girls become assimilated into society by providing them academic education, life skills, and reproductive education. Mentors help the girls realize their true potential in society. Sign the petition telling UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon the Bright Future Program is a monumental step in preventing violence against women.
Dear Secretary Ban,
I am writing to express my support of the Bright Future program in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. In a region where violence, both physical and sexual, runs rampant, we need programs such as these to support women who need help.
Many girls in Ethiopia today face grim prognoses for their futures; women are often forced into intensive manual labor or sold off for sex in the sex trade. The best way to combat these horrible realities is to educate those who are at risk. The more information, assistance, and support we can provide these women, the more equipped they will be to recognize where there might be potential violence and to plan accordingly.
The Bright Future program is helping countless women escape from a bleak fate and become productive citizens in society. Please support Bright Future, and make all violence against women a thing of the past.
Thank you for your time.
Petition Signatures
May 14, 2013
luxcika krishnapillai
May 13, 2013
kaitlyn smith
May 12, 2013
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May 12, 2013
Nathaniel Maddux
May 11, 2013
Tori Dickson
May 5, 2013
Shakti Ramcharan
May 5, 2013
Charlotte de Marigny
May 5, 2013
colleen drew
May 4, 2013
Barbara Pugliese
May 2, 2013
Heather Carr
May 2, 2013
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Apr 30, 2013
Isabelle Fray
Apr 29, 2013
Shannon Cowett
Apr 29, 2013
Ernest Jae
Apr 29, 2013
Giselle .
Apr 28, 2013
Joanna Schiff
Apr 27, 2013
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Apr 21, 2013
Stacey Calvert
Apr 20, 2013
Christine VanderWal
Apr 20, 2013
Paolo Marini
Apr 19, 2013
Mollie Schlesser
Apr 19, 2013
Erica Writesel
Apr 19, 2013
Tasha Mero
Apr 16, 2013
Imaan Bee
Apr 15, 2013
Maria Argyropoulou
Apr 15, 2013
Sylvain-Paul Côté
Apr 14, 2013
Parastoo Ashti
Apr 10, 2013
Dolly Lakra
Apr 8, 2013
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Apr 7, 2013
Beth Malone
Apr 7, 2013
Joanne Ferguson
Apr 6, 2013
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Apr 6, 2013
RYAN MCKENZIE
Apr 6, 2013
Meiju Lehtiniitty
Apr 5, 2013
sarah taylor
Apr 5, 2013
Lynn Stillman
Apr 5, 2013
Jesie Randhawa
Apr 4, 2013
Rohit Batra
Apr 3, 2013
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Apr 3, 2013
Amanda Eisenhour
Apr 2, 2013
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Apr 2, 2013
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Mar 31, 2013
Virginia Black
Mar 31, 2013
Rosalia Casals
Mar 30, 2013
Jimmy Pearson
Mar 29, 2013
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Mar 29, 2013
Imogen Reece
Mar 27, 2013
carol green
this needs to be stopped
Mar 27, 2013
Donna Hargus
The Bright Future program helps the women and girls of Ethiopia and everyone around them. Women hold up half the sky - please don't allow it to cave in on them, for when it does, it caves in on everyone.
Mar 26, 2013
Adriane Ferreira
