Yikono

Yikono (Tigrinya for enough[1][2]) is a grassroots women's rights group based in Tigray Region in Ethiopia that is opposed to gender-based violence.

[3] The creation of Yikono was triggered by a November 2019 town hall meeting in Addi Daero in which a woman spoke to the audience about a rape by a policeman 14 years earlier.

A protest march to support the victims of violence against women was held in Addi Daero, stimulating social debate through Tigray Region.

An online social media campaign together with the march evolved into Yikono, meaning enough in Tigrinya.

[4] One shelter, for up to 50 women and children, was set up on 27 April 2020 by Yikono in cooperation with Mekelle University, the Tigray branch of Organisation for Social Services, Health & Development (OSSHD) and Midre'Genet Elderly Care Centre.