While there have been several studies conducted in recent years on menstrual hygiene management
(MHM) in Ethiopia, limited research remains for girls in the pastoral context of the country.

BOP seeks to shift the attitudes and norms that prevent women from being perceived as legitimate leaders. BOP recognises that these deeply entrenched norms, attitudes and perceptions around concepts of leadership are often barriers to achieving improved balance and inclusion.

In Ethiopia’s remote and drought-prone Afar region, pastoralist communities depend on water schemes consisting of deep boreholes for subsistence and for their livestock.