Blog: Jeffrey Edmeades

  • Posted by Jeffrey Edmeades on Wednesday, April 25, 2012
    A researcher is reminded that in the end, it’s about the people

    An ICRW researcher and young married girls in Ethiopia’s Amhara region compare life experiences.

  • Posted by Jeff Edmeades on Monday, June 13, 2011
    Young Married Girls Work Toward a Different Future

    After so many visits here, I should no longer by surprised by how young the girls are, but I always am. The girls –  and so many of them really are just girls –  met with me to share their experiences with our project, which aims to improve the social, economic and health status of more than 5,000 recently-married girls in the Amhara region of Ethiopia. 

  • Posted by Jeff Edmeades on Tuesday, October 19, 2010
    A Child Bride Chooses Her Own Path

    She wanted to stay in school, but was forced to marry at 16. After just two days at her husband’s home, she ran away, back to her parents’ doorstep. They refused to take her in.