Colin Cosier

Reporter

America Abroad

Colin Cosier is an award-winning Australian multimedia journalist and filmmaker based in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

Colin Cosier is an award-winning Australian multimedia journalist and filmmaker based in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Colin has worked in every continent, covering stories from Afghanistan to Antarctica and has broadcast credits with The Associated Press, Agence France-Press, ABC (Australia), SBS, Seven Network and Fairfax Media

Priest Melak Birhan Ewenetu Yetemegne

How an Ethiopian priest changed his views on child marriage

In Ethiopia, there are deeply embedded traditions dictating that girls marry very young. But there is an effort underway in some of Ethiopia’s rural regions to end child marriage. These efforts, surprisingly, are led by Ethiopian Orthodox priests.

How an Ethiopian priest changed his views on child marriage