Meet our Prevention Team: Sister Marit
September 23, 2024
Sister Marit is the Vice Dean of the Hamlin College of Midwives.
Sister Marit is Vice Dean of the Hamlin College of Midwives, having begun work at Hamlin Fistula Ethiopia in 2009.
She holds a Diploma in Comprehensive Nursing, BSc in Midwifery from Addis Ababa University, BA in Management at Alfa University, and an MSc in Maternity and Reproductive Health from Addis Ababa University. In 2025, she received a special Lifetime Achievement Award from the Ethiopian Midwives Association. Sister Marit for recognised for ‘her profound and enduring contributions to midwifery in Ethiopia’.
A career in nursing
Before joining Hamlin, Sister Marit spent six years working as a nurse and then later worked as a midwife in very remote areas of Ethiopia for over 13 years.
Sister Marit plans, coordinates, and monitors all academic activities to achieve quality training at the Hamlin College of Midwives.
Catherine Hamlin Fistula Foundation acknowledges the Traditional Owners and Elders past, present and emerging throughout Australia and the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation, the Traditional Owners of the land and waterways on which our Australian office is situated. We acknowledge the many ethnic groups in Ethiopia and their ancestral and cultural connection to the land where our work is undertaken.