Yihenew Tesfaye
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Countries of Expertise
Ethiopia
Specialties
- Addiction/Drugs/Drug Policy
- Child Protection/Child Abuse
- Climate-Related Issues
- Coercive Population Control
- Deportees/Criminal Deportees
- Disability
- Ethnic Discrimination/Persecution
- Ex-Combatant Reintegration
- FGM/FGC
- Gender-Based Violence (GBV)/Domestic Violence/Family Violence
- Government/State Actor Persecution
- Healthcare Access/Health Systems Capacity
- HIV/AIDS
- Inter-Communal Conflicts
- Journalist Persecution
- Land Tenure Dispute
- Mental Illness
- Military Service
- Political Persecution
- Religious Discrimination/Persecution
- Risk Of Retaliation
- Sexual Abuse/Assault
- Specialized Medical Services
- Torture
- Trafficking
- Tribal Discrimination/Persecution
About Yihenew Tesfaye
Yihenew Alemu Tesfaye holds a PhD in Applied Anthropology, specialization in Medical Anthropology, from Columbia University. He has served as a Research Associate at Teachers College, Columbia University, and as an Adjunct Professor at Iona University. His research and expertise span multiple African countries, with particular focus on the intersection of culture, health, and displacement. Dr. Tesfaye has extensive experience producing country of origin expert reports for asylum and immigration proceedings.
