Zemdena Abebe Areru
Law & Human Rights / by emwa
HUMAN RIGHTS/GENDER SPECIALIST
Zemdena Abebe leads Strategic Initiative for Women in the Horn of Africa (SIHA) Network Ethiopia. As a Pan-Africanist womanist, she is committed to disrupting interlocking oppressive systems through her expertise in intersectional feminism, pacifist activism work, research, writing, multimedia -storytelling, community organizing, movement building, collective care praxis and transformational leadership. Her social justice advocacy work started in high school when she Chaired Addis Ababa Girls’ Forum-which facilitated discussions and organizing amongst girls laying the foundation for reforming legislative intervention against sexual abuse in Ethiopia. As the first women president of Addis Ababa University Students’ Union: she reaffirmed the need for and organized various youth-led student movements despite the hostile university context. One of the 22 young African women selected as part of the writing for social change workshop organized by AWDF and FEMRITE in Kampala, Uganda. An alumnus of the prestigious Mandela Washington Fellowship. Amongst her multilayered affiliations, she sits on the advisory council of ActionAid Ethiopia. Zemdena is a graduate of Political Science & International Relations. Asserting the notion that African women and girls have the right to a life free of patriarchal injustices, sexual violence and conflict :she has attended and organized peaceful protests ,lead the formation of women peace press clubs, WHRDs coalition, migrant returnees association feminist peace lab , convened virtual and in-person safe spaces for marginalized women from diverse backgrounds, built the capacity of grassroots women on WSPs advocacy tactics, social media campaigning, as well as written Memos and common position paper on various topics including National Dialogue. Her writings of existence and resistance can be found on Pambazuka, Africa is a Country, HBF, African Feminism et al.
- Listing ID: 2007
- Email: zemdena@sihanet.org
- Mobile Number: 251911935524
