NGO law in Ethiopia and its Impact

The law has affected almost every CSOs/NGOs irrespective of its classification as per the new proclamation. The centrality and root cause of the problem is not basically the enactment of the legislation by itself but actually it is the classification of charities and societies and the prohibited area of engagement such as the advancement of human rights, promoting the rights of children and the disabled, gender equality, nations and nationalities, good governance and conflict resolution, as well as the efficiency of the justice system.