Ruth Jackson

Ruth Jackson holds a PhD in International Development Studies (Deakin). Her early research interests were international development, maternal health and how the goal of reducing maternal mortality fits into Ethiopia’s development agenda. She is co-editor and contributor to Women Researching in Africa: The impact of gender. Now an independent researcher, she is working on a book that focuses on the intersection between women who live near the montane rainforest in Kafa Zone, southwest Ethiopia and food production for one of the Ethiopian Orthodox feasts.