- Women„s Sectoral Growth and Transformation Plan which forms part of the Growth and Transformation Plan /GTP/ - National Women„s Action Plan for Gender Equality/1/ and /2/ - Ethiopian Women‟s Growth and Change Package - National Gender Inclusion Guidelines - Ethiopian Women Pastoralists and Semi-pastoralists Growth and Change Package The government has been giving due attention for Women„s issues by properly responding to challenges in the implantation of the rights of women and through the implementation the policies and strategies as well as through legal, policy and strategic measures, has enhanced the respect of women„s rights avoiding anti democratic perceptions, enhancing the educational status of women and ensuring their economic benefits. In terms of ensuring economic benefits, by the end of 2010, almost one-million women had benefited from the development of micro-finance institutions. In order to ensure equal access of land to women, landholding certificates are now issued jointly in the names of husband and wife, and because of this, about 28% of rural land holders by 2010 were women or maternal heads of family. To enhance women„s access to home ownership, 30 % of the urban condominiums that have been completed and passed to their owners were allocated solely for women. Women were also eligible to apply for the remaining 70% of apartments chosen by lot. As far as equality of access to income-generating opportunities is concerned, 50% of the job opportunities created through the urban development package has been reserved for women. The government has taken series of positive measures in terms of enabling women to get education by highlighting the importance of increasing women education, to ensure respect for the rights of women. With regard to encouraging women to join higher educational institutions, the requisite GPA for college entrance for women students was lowered from that expected from male entrants and 30 % of the seats in any department of a higher education institution allocated for women students, while allowing women also to compete with male students for the remaining 70%. Furthermore, with the objective of supporting female students to compete equally with male students, extra tutorials are provided and arrangements put in place to support female students from low income families to help them complete their higher education.21 21 The FDRE National Human Rights Action Plan,2013- 15, pg 133 40