In Episode 8 of the EWNET Podcast, two EWNET network members, Konjit Hailu (PhD) and Elshaday Hagos, discuss their educational backgrounds, career journeys and research interests. Konjit reflects on how her experience as a working mother shaped her interest…
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In this EWNET podcast episode 7, Samiha Abdulmelik, a peacebuilding and gender practitioner with over 20 years of experience speaks to Dalaya Ashenafi. Samiha shares how her childhood, inspired by her father’s feminism and early exposure to global crises,…
The Ethiopian Women Researchers Network (EWNET) hosted an online scholarly webinar on Friday, 30 January 2026, titled Writing Ethiopia into the World and Writing the World from Ethiopia. The webinar examined how Ethiopia has been represented within global knowledge production and how…
Episode 5 – Beyond Research: Who Funds Knowledge | Rift Valley Radio Who decides what counts as research, and whose voices shape the global knowledge agenda? In the fifth episode of the Beyond Series, we turn to the politics…
Episode 4 – Beyond Series | Rift Valley Radio How do women navigate work, trade, and survival in conflict-affected borderlands? In the fourth episode of the Beyond Series, we turn to women’s labour and cross-border trade as a lens…
Episode 3 – Beyond Series | Rift Valley Radio How does conflict reshape food, culture, and identity in South Sudan? In the third episode of the Beyond Series, we turn to food as a lens for understanding displacement, memory,…
Episode 2 – Beyond Series | Rift Valley Radio What does mobility look like in conflict-affected borderlands of the Horn of Africa? In the second episode of the Beyond Series, Rift Valley Institute brings together research from Somaliland, Puntland,…
On EWNET Podcast Episode 6, Dr. Muna Abubeker, the first woman philologist in Ethiopia, shares her journey into the field, her research experiences, and her work in language and cultural studies. She reflects on the challenges and milestones in…
In this episode, EWNET Principal Dr. Netsanet Gebremichael speaks with Dr. Serawit Bekele Debele about her intellectual journey, from early academic interests to becoming a leading voice in German and Ethiopian academia. They explore her key works, including Locating…
In this episode, we meet Dr Mercy Fekadu, a researcher with a published book ‘Parliament in Ethiopia: Participation, Representation and Resistance’. She talks about how she got into research, the research process and her experiences in this process. She…
Recent Publications

Writing Ethiopia into the World, Writing the World from Ethiopia
October 7, 2026
The Ethiopian Women Researchers Network (EWNET) hosted an online scholarly webinar on Friday, 30 January 2026, titled ‘Writing Ethiopia into the World and Writing the World from Ethiopia’. The webinar examined how Ethiopia has been represented within global knowledge production

The Political Economy of Coffee in the Kaffa–Bench-Sheko–Sheka Belt, Southwest Ethiopia Region
October 6, 2026
This study provides a critical political economy analysis of the coffee sector in the Kaffa–Bench-Sheko–Sheka belt in Southwest Ethiopia Peoples’ Regional State, the genetic and cultural heartland of Arabica coffee (Coffea arabica). Based on 47 key respondent interviews, the study

The Political Economy of Coffee in the Jimma–Ilu Aba Bora–Buno Bedele Belt, Oromia Region
October 5, 2026
The findings of this study reveal a number of critical insights about the political economy of coffee in the Jimma–Ilu Aba Bora–Buno Bedele coffee belt. The coffee economy is shaped by a small number of influential actors, including state institutions,