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Marem managing her goats. Photo: CHF This reality is now changing. With the help of skills


training, education and dialogue about gender roles, Ethiopian women’s aspirations are more attainable than ever. By providing access to assets to build their livelihoods, the second phase of CHF’s Partnership for Food Security (PFS-II) program is encouraging men and women to work together to achieve their goals. In the following stories, we see how the lives of two women and their families have changed since their participation in the program.


Marem Yusuf “Goats help me and my family to survive,” says 31-


year-old Marem Yusuf. Marem has three daughters and one son. She’s


married to 40-year-old Ato Mohamed Abdi Mohamed. The family lives in the Salmane rural administrative unit (kebele). “Before the PFS Project in the Bati district, my husband was traveling in the lowland areas of Asayita


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