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HUMAN RIGHT/SOCIAL WORK/MEDIA/LECTURER Yemserach is Law School graduate from Addis Ababa University. She did her masters in two professions: Human Rights and Social Work. Her professional experience includes working as reporter in Addis Fortune newspaper, Gender Office Coordinator in College of Natural Sciences of Addis Ababa University, Assistant Project Officer in FAWE, Advocate Assistant in a law firm and Program Director in Women’s Strategic Development Center. Yemserach is an advocate for peace, girl’s education, women and youth leadership and empowerment, human rights, environment, and many social causes. She is also part time consultant, trainer, and researcher in different governmental and non-governmental organizations. Yemserach is currently working as a lecturer in School of Law and Federalism, Ethiopian Civil Service University.
- Email: yemserach.legesse@gmail.com
- Mobile Number: 251911890420
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HUMAN RIGHTS/WOMEN RIGHTS/GENDER Tayechalem has PhD in Law from the University of Melbourne, Australia, LLM in Human Rights from and MA in Gender Studies from Addis Ababa University. Her major training is on human rights, women’s and girls’ rights and gender studies. She has served as assistant Professor, (part-time) at the center for Human Rights, in School of Law and Governance, Addis Ababa University. She was also a project manager for East and Southern Africa in strengthening CSOs for ending child marriages. She also worked in Plan International African Union Liaison Office, and was an independent Consultant on Human Rights and Gender Equality in Sub-Saharan Africa. She served as Project Coordinator in enhancing the voices of Civil Society to end Child Marriage (Coordinating 4 countries – Tanzania, Zambia, Malawi & Zimbabwe- in advocacy project). She also served as a lecturer at School of Law and Governance Studies, Addis Ababa University & Institute of Federalism and Legal Studies and Civil Service University. She has published research paper on Counting Absence in Political Equality, a Gender Analysis of the New Electoral Law of Ethiopia, co-author (Publication September 2020); Feminist Research Methodology Training Module, UN Women – Centre for Human Rights, Addis Ababa University (2019); The Regulation of Violence: Child Wives, Custom and the Formal Law in Ethiopia, (2019 publication pending – Frankfurt University/Frobenius Institute). Among her conference Presentations the following can be cited. Preliminary findings of the research Developing a Transformative Human Rights Approach towards the Practice of (girl) Early Marriage in Ethiopia on Human Rights in an Age of Ambiguity Conference hosted by Fordham, University at its Lincoln Center campus, NYC in June 2016. (Published online); Child-Friendly Methods for Engaging children as Research Participants, Research with and For Children.
- Email: tgirma@ughe.org
- Mobile Number: 250782519799
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SOCIAL JUSTICE/GENDER EQUALITY/WOMEN EMPOWERMENT Selam has had the privilege of researching, assessing, and influencing laws and policies that impact the lives of women’s and vulnerable groups in Africa. She also has rich experience in giving capacity building trainings and organizing events on issues of gender equality, women empowerment, harmful traditional practices, early marriage, human trafficking, protection, and fulfilment of human rights particularly for women, vulnerable groups and ethnic minorities. She has worked with government institutions, multilateral organizations, consulting firms, and NGOs, including Ethiopian Ministry of Women and Children Affairs, Ethiopian Ministry of Agriculture, Ministry of Justice, Rural Land Administration, UNECA, The World Bank Group, USAID, DFID, GIZ, UN Women. She has MA in Gender Studies from Addis Ababa University, LLM in Criminal Justice from the University of Western Cape and LLB from Jimma University.
- Email: selgtsion@yahoo.com
- Mobile Number: 251911045035
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LAWYER/JOURNALIST Saba is working in Asham Tv as a lawyer and program producer. She wants to bring more to the society and aims to participate in gender equality. She wants to bring more to the society and aims to participate in gender equality.
- Email: sabagebriel511@gmail.com
- Mobile Number: 251944721672
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LAW/GENDER ADVOCACY/PEACE/SECURITY/MEDIA Meseret has a law background skilled in gender, advocacy & program management, particularly in women’s political participation in political decision-making, peace, and security, and women’s economic empowerment agenda. She has over 10 years of service in different fields, and various institutions; local and international CSO, NGOs as well as in media. Her professional carrier began as a sponsorship correspondent at the SOS Children Village Ethiopia. She has also served as the program coordinator for the Ethiopian Orthodox Church Development & Inter-Church Aid Commission mainly focusing on coordinating field projects, at the Norwegian Church Aid, Oslo, Norway she has served in the capacity of Gender and Peace officer. She has taken and given various pieces of training on Gender, Feminism principles, Peace & Conflict, Community mobilization, and transformative leadership. She has joined Sheger FM 102 as a program co-host and writer, further going into the media landscape of the country as a trainer. Currently, she is serving as a program manager in the Network of Ethiopian Women’s Associations (NEWA). She is also currently serving on different committees for UNSC Resolution 1325 NAP development process & chairwoman of the CSO Forum on Women, Peace, and Security in Ethiopia also serving Ministry of Women & Social Affairs Technical Advisory Group member for the national Gender-Based Violence Policy, Global Advisory Board, Women’s Economic Empowerment Publish What You Fund and, Plan International Ethiopia Women Voice Leader Project Technical Advisor.
- Email: meseretkassegne@gmail.com
- Mobile Number: 251912684694
