Ethiopia hunts for children forced to work, marry during pandemic
EMELINE WUILBERCQ ETHIOPIA has set up a network of committees to identify children forced into work or marriage during the coronavirus pandemic and to ensure schools are safe to re-open this week although campaigners fear it will be hard to reverse the damage done. Yohannes Wogasso, school improvement program director at the Ministry of Education, said authorities realised the closure of schools in March to stop the spread of COVID-19 had led to a rise in child marriage, child labour, and gender-based violence. But he said reopening schools from October 19 should go some way to reversing the negative impacts,…