Dowries to degrees: An education for Ethiopia's young women
![From a young age, girls in Ethiopia are expected to gather wood, fetch water and shop for the family’s food. It can take all day to collect enough food and water for one meal, so there is often no time for school. Photo: Joni Kabana for Mercy Corps](/sites/default/files/styles/mercycorps_default_small_1x/public/2020-01/img_0662.jpg?h=ee74f685&itok=Q8ueh2XT)
March 08, 2012
Seven in 10 girls in Ethiopia do not attend secondary school, depriving them of the many benefits of education: later marriage, healthier children, higher wages, stronger communities, and more prosperous countries.
Mercy Corps is helping girls in one of Ethiopia’s most remote regions explore a future full of new possibilities by providing them with scholarships and academic support to complete secondary school.