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LEGAL /COMMUNICATION Makeda is a project management, communication, and legal professional with 10 years of working experience on legal affairs, training, strategy development, communication and program coordination. Her career started as a legal expert in private organizations social security agency where she has developed her expertise as a legal professional, trainer and communicator on private pension law and Ethiopian labor law. Correspondingly, she has also worked on training coordination, research, partnerships with different government and private lead organizations. She has also worked as a Project Coordinator for World Bank funded program- Urban institutional and infrastructure development assisting Federal Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission executing its responsibility in the program. Currently, she is working as Partnership Coordinator at Concern Worldwide Ethiopia. She holds Master’s Degree in Public relations and strategic communications, Bachelor of Arts in political science and international relations and also LLB degree in law.
- Email: makibe32@gmail.com
- Mobile Number: 251913575476
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HUMAN RIGHTS/GENDER Mahlet is a Program Directress at the Ethiopian Human Rights Defenders Center. She oversees programs and deals extensively with organizational development and program management. Mahlet specialized in International Human Rights Law. She received her master’s in International Human Rights Law from the University of Sussex in Brighton, UK Before joining EHRDC she worked with Catholic Relief Service (CRS) where she was responsible for coordinating the design and implementation, technical assistance on projects and advisory services on an emergency program specifically on issues of gender and protection. She has also extensive research experience and publications in which she investigates issues of women’s rights such as the protection of internally displaced women, women’s political participation, and Conflict-related sexual violence.
- Email: mahlettibebu@outlook.com
- Mobile Number: 251920894692
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LEGAL/HUMAN RIGHTS Lidet is a graduate of Law from Mekelle university school of Law. She pursued her LLM in International human rights law from Addis Ababa university, College of Law and Governance. She has practiced as a legal assistant for a year. She has for almost 3 years worked in a civil society organization under women and youth empowerment program-focused projects. She is currently working as a Women’s Rights Officer, at the Ethiopian Human Rights Commission.
- Email: ldtgebru@gmail.com
- Mobile Number: 251962599768
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HUMANITARIAN /PEACE/SECURITY SPECIALIST Ledet’s area of expertise includes humanitarian, peace and security currently working on women, peace and security Agenda. She has over 15 years’ experience in various United Nation (UN) entities supporting different organs of the African Union. Prior to UN, she had a chance to work with regional and local organizations including south African think tank Institute for Security Studies (ISS) and the media sector. She is an alumni of IPSS Executive Program for Global Studies in Peace and Securities in Africa & has another Masters in Media Peace and Conflict Studies from University of Peace (UPEACE) , Costa Rica. She is member of several initiatives working on conflict prevention and peace making including the African Union Network of Women in Conflict Prevention and Mediation (FemWISE).
- Email: ledet.teka@gmail.com
- Mobile Number: 251911517318
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HUMAN RIGHTS/GENDER EQUALITY Lensa is an Executive Directress of Ethiopian Women Lawyers Association (EWLA). Lensa pursued her postgraduate in International gender studies at University of Iceland (HON) and Law (LLB) at Mekelle University and her MSC in project planning and management. She has 10 years of professional experience, leading, coordinating, researching, advocating and implementing human rights, gender equality and democracy programs with special focus on women rights in Ethiopia. Lensa has experience working with the private sector, international NGOs, local and regional civil society Organizations. She participated in various law and policy reforms and also took and provide several trainings on Human and democratic rights, Transitional Justice, peace and security, advocacy and leadership. Lensa has served and is serving as a board of director, founding member and research and advocacy advisor of several CSO organizations. She is a young professional passionate in advocating matters that concerns Human rights and Democracy specializing in Gender.
- Email: lensu2007@gmail.com
- Mobile Number: 251911384925
