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Why Ethiopia must close its political gender gap (Chatham House)
Thursday, August 11, 2022
Editorial / Opinion Piece / Blog Post
Why Ethiopia must close its political gender gap
Chatham House
Women urgently need to gain access to high office if the country hopes to survive, say Hilina Berhanu Degefa and Emebet Getachew. At the end of 2021, Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed’s government announced the formation of a three-year national dialogue to...
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Ethiopian women at a garment factory at the Hawassa Industrial Park in the country’s southern region. Eyerusalem Jiregna/AFP via Getty Images
Tuesday, July 12, 2022
Editorial / Opinion Piece / Blog Post
Why factory jobs for Ethiopian women haven’t translated into greater participation in politics
The Conversation
Until the war in Tigray started in November 2020, Ethiopia was a favoured investment destination. It had experienced strong economic growth for the previous decade. The country gave foreign investors preferential access to American and European...
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Tuesday, June 09, 2020
Ethiopia’s first female president on plans to combat Covid-19 and resuscitate the economy
Forbes Africa
Ethiopia’s first female president, Sahle-Work Zewde, spoke to FORBES AFRICA’s Managing Editor, Renuka Methil, on the country’s plans to combat Covid-19 and resuscitate one of the fastest growing economies in Africa. Zewde, listed as one of Africa’s...
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Tuesday, April 14, 2020
A gender-equal Ethiopian Parliament can improve the lives of all women
IPS News
Recent gains by women in the Ethiopian political landscape offer a chance to improve gender equality around the country and put an end to long-standing societal iniquities. Since coming to power in 2018, Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has reorganised the...
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Friday, December 20, 2019
Ethiopian women participation in politics up but a lot needs to be done
Addis Standard
The number of Ethiopian women in the national legislative and executive branches has grown significantly since Ethiopia conducted its first parliamentary election in 1995. However a lot more needs to be done to make sure women are proportionally...
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Friday, November 29, 2019
Addis Abeba hosts the first annual all-women in Ethiopia academia conference
Addis Standard
Setaweet Movement, a movement established to “create a space for dialogue, research and activism by Ethiopian women and men,” organized its first Annual All-Women Academia Conference on Saturday, November 23, 2019 under the theme ‘’Writing our...
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Family law reform, employment, and women’s political participation in Ethiopia (Oxford University Press)
Wednesday, November 13, 2019
Academic Paper / Article
Family law reform, employment, and women’s political participation in Ethiopia
Oxford Academic
Research showing that there is strong correlation between increased female labor force participation and women’s political participation is essentially based on empirical data from Western, democratic, and developed contexts. In this article, we...
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Friday, October 25, 2019
African women leaders network launches Ethiopia chapter
New Business Ethiopia
The Ethiopian Chapter of the African Women Leaders Network (AWLN) is launched on Monday at an event attended by United Nations Deputy Secretary-General Amina J. Mohammed, President of Ethiopia, Sahle-Work Zewde.' President Zewde said the launch of...
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Thursday, April 25, 2019
Editorial / Opinion Piece / Blog Post
Women in Ethiopia still struggle despite leadership in government
IPS News
Following 2018 elections in Ethiopia, a record-breaking number of women now hold leadership positions in the country’s government. But women still struggle to rise up the ranks in other sectors. I am thrilled to witness the fantastic changes that...
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Thursday, November 01, 2018
Ethiopia gets its first female supreme court president
Reuters
Ethiopia’s parliament on Thursday swore in the country’s first female supreme court president, building on efforts by reformist Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed to achieve gender parity in government. The appointment of Meaza Ashenafi comes two weeks after...
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Friday, October 26, 2018
Editorial / Opinion Piece / Blog Post
Ethiopia’s new 50% women cabinet isn’t just bold—it’s smart
QZ
Ethiopia’s prime minister Abiy Ahmed is rewarding women’s contributions to the nation’s progress. In a cabinet reshuffle on Tuesday (Oct. 16), Abiy cut the number of ministries from 28 to 20 and named 10 women among the new appointees. Women will...
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Wednesday, October 24, 2018
Sahle-Work Zewde becomes Ethiopia's first female president
BBC
Ethiopian members of parliament have elected Sahle-Work Zewde as the country's first female president. Ms Sahle-Work is an experienced diplomat who has now become Africa's only female head of state. Her election to the ceremonial position comes a...
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Wednesday, October 24, 2018
Multimedia
The 77 percent: Women in politics
Deutsche Welle
Are women less corrupt than men? The Ethiopian Parliament last Tuesday approved the appointment of 20 ministers, with women also making up half of the cabinet. Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed went on to say that women are considered to be less...
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Tuesday, October 16, 2018
Ethiopia's new Cabinet 50 percent women, including defense
The New York Times
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia — Ethiopia's new Cabinet is now a record 50 percent female, including the country's first woman defense minister, after lawmakers on Tuesday unanimously approved the nominations put forward by reformist Prime Minister Abiy...
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Monday, April 30, 2018
Ethiopia parliament elects female speaker, Muferiat Kamil
Africa News
Ethiopia’s parliament, the House of Peoples’ Representatives, has chosen a former Minister of Women’s Affairs, as its new speaker, state-affiliated FANA Broadcasting Corporate reports. The report confirms earlier rumours that Muferiat Kamil was set...
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Thursday, November 17, 2016
Report / White Paper
Preventing and Responding to Violent Extremism in Africa: A Development Approach
With a special attention to gender, this four-year regional development project is designed to strengthen the development responses to mitigate the growth of violent extremism in Africa.  This focus is motivated by the ever-increasing presence of...
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Friday, August 26, 2016
Community in Siiqqee (Ethiopia) to help women escape violence and support themselves
I recently met with Siiqqee in Ethiopia, visiting projects that promote women’s economic rights and ending violence against women. Siiqqee enables hundreds of women in a community to escape domestic violence, support themselves and their children...
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Friday, July 10, 2015
Money Matters: Female Parliamentarians and Domestic Financing for an Equal Post-2015 Agenda
  The United Nation's Third International Conference on Financing for Development is around the corner (13 - 16 July).     In line with the overarching topics of the Conference, such as the emerging Post-2015 Financing for Development consensus and...
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