Meskerem Geremew, 12, sits with her shoe-shine box on the curb where she works in Addis Ababa, the capital.
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Production date: 18-21 April, 2006
Duration: 7:48
Keywords: UNICEF, children, Ethiopia, Shoeshine, Education, girls education
Main shooting locations: Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Main sequences: Twelve-year old Meskerem pays for her own school fees and materials by shining shoes - a job typically done by boys - on weekends and evenings after class. She is part of a growing generation of Ethiopian girls who are fighting poverty and gender inequality in order to get themselves educated.
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