Marginalizing Women and tribes in Yem

Women in Yem are so much marginalized that they are forced to raise children and serve the man or their husbands. This is not of course unique to Yem. It is common practice in Ethiopia in general. However, since the majority of women in Yem are living in the rulal area , they are by far the victim of marginalization by their male counterparts. It is common to send the male to school while keeping the female at home to serve the family.
Nowadays, the people are awakening and have started sending their female children to school. House servants in neighboring cities like Addis Ababa, Welisso, Wolkite, Jimma, Agaro etc are women from Yem and they are obliged to work as house servants due to lack of education and marginalization in the main land.

On the other hand, I have come to understand that Yem has been structured into various tribes. But the major ones, based on their status, include:

1. Muwa
2.  Fuga (tanner-potters)
3. Yirfo (smiths)

This classification was based on the occupation of the people. the muwa clan or tribe supposed to rule or lead the Yem, the Fuga clan are tanners or potters in the society , and the Yirfo are the ones who work on metal....they are the smiths.
This is an old structure in Yem and it is no longer practiced these days. However, marginalization based on occupation was a dominant culture in Yem. You may see the remains of this kind of marginalization of the Fuga and the Yirfo in the main land.

I recommend you to read the following book:
Peripheral People: The Excluded Minorities of Ethiopia
By Dena Freeman  and Alula Pankhurst
page 46