"Now I Can Stay Focused on my Dreams": Empowering Female Health Science Students in Ethiopia - A Case Study

This document is part of a series of case studies that showcases how gender can be integrated into Jhpiego’s programs. It describes a program that empowers female health science students in order to improve school performance and graduation rates, and build a high-quality cadre of female health professionals to address shortages in Ethiopia’s human resources for health. Jhpiego is an international, nonprofit health organization affiliated with The Johns Hopkins University. For more than 40 years, Jhpiego has empowered frontline health workers by designing and implementing effective, low-cost, hands-on solutions to strengthen the delivery of healthcare services for women and their families. By putting evidence-based health innovations into everyday practice, Jhpiego works to break down barriers to high-quality health care for the world’s most vulnerable populations

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