Melkam, like many other women, waits with bated breath for news about the country, which has seen massive international media coverage in the past ten months. “The changes are not exactly how the international media is portraying it. Other reforms, most notably, the appointment of women to top cabinet positions, have attracted international praise for the Prime Minister and inspired women across the country. Frenesh, whose restaurant is named after her deceased husband, expects the new cabinet members to represent other women in the country. And for other young women, like Sina Aniyo, a first-year university student in Addis Abeba, things are no longer bleak.

Source: Ethiopian News January 24, 2019 10:18 UTC