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STORY: ETHIOPIA IPU
TRT: 1.49
SOURCE: UNICEF
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS
DATELINE: 7 APRIL 2009, ADDIS ABABA ETHIOPIA
1. Wide shot, conference room with MPs discussing girls education
2. Med shot, MPs in seminar
3. Wide shot, conference room
4. Med shot, MPs exiting bus
5. Med shot, MPs on field trip
6. Med shot, school children greeting MPs
7. Wide shot, MPs at village market stall
8. Med shot, women sorting lentils
9. Close up, pan of red lentils
10. Wide shot, young women screening shirts
11. Close up, silkscreen
12. Wide shot, MPs at field site
13. Wide shot, health outpost
14. Med shot, health worker measuring child for malnutrition
15. SOUNDBITE: Siyadah Ethamy Gris, Parliament of Egypt:
“This project touched me very much because for me the field and what we’re seeing is the challenge of Ethiopia and countries like Egypt are also facing vis a vis adolescent girls and what we need to do to empower them because they are the mothers of the future.”
16. Med shot, women waiting in health outpost
17. Med shot, MPS watching malnutrition screening
18. Wide shot, MPs at school
19. Wide shot, MP speaking to crowd
20. Wide shot, reverse speaking
21. Med shot, young boy
22. Med shot, students
23. SOUNDBITE (English) Nur Serter, Grand National Assembly, Turkey:
“I’m deeply impressed. I believe that in a very short time a great improvement has taken place in Ethiopia.
24. Med shot, panel discussion
25. Med shot, MPs at panel
26. Pan right, MPs in school
27. Med shot, girl student
Parliamentarians from around the world gathered in Ethiopia this week to discuss the role of lawmakers in supporting development efforts during a global economic downturn.
They visited UNICEF supported grassroots projects in the capital Addis Ababa and met with representatives of local NGOs.
Here in Abebech Gobena women and girls benefit from micro-loan financing to open small businesses and fund their children’s education even during hard times.
In another community, the delegates visited a health extension program set up to train female health workers in life-saving interventions.
SOUNDBITE (English) Siyadah Ethamy Gris, Parliament of Egypt:
“This project touched me very much because for me the field and what we’re seeing is the challenge of Ethiopia and countries like Egypt are also facing vis a vis adolescent girls and what we need to do to empower them because they are the mothers of the future.”
Pervasive poverty threatens the health of most Ethiopian children and women. Three quarters of all causes of morbidity can be linked to communicable diseases and malnutrition affecting mothers and children primarily.
Just as critical to the health of women is education.
This primary school promotes gender equality and encourages students to participate in after school clubs where issues like HIV, ethics, and child rights are discussed.
SOUNDBITE (English) Nur Serter, Grand National Assembly, Turkey:
“I’m deeply impressed. I believe that in a very short time a great improvement has taken place in Ethiopia.”
Complementing these field trips, UNICEF and the International Parliamentary Union organized a panel discussion on ways to invest in a better future for adolescent girls in Ethiopia and beyond.
