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LAW/DEVELOPMENT/LECTURER    Asnaketch has got her first degree from Jimma University in law, she pursued her Masters in law development from Warwick University. She is now pursuing her PhD in Law and development from a university in Netherlands. She has served as lecturer in Gondar, Addis Ababa and Bahir Dar Universities. Her PHD study focuses on article 35(4) and aims to safeguard the rights of women in traditional courts.

  • Email: asniwarwick@gmail.com
  • Mobile Number: 251918782385

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HUMAN RIGHTS/INTERNATIONAL SECURITY Dunia is an Ethiopian human rights lawyer who has been working with the American Bar Association’s Center for Human Rights where she coordinated the Center’s work  on Ethiopia through close collaboration with Ethiopia’s Democracy and Human Rights CSOs to ensure human  rights are prioritized and protected within the criminal justice system.  In her home country Ethiopia, Dunia worked with the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Eastern Africa Regional Office (OHCHR EARO), the United Nations Agency for Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment and the United Nations Children’s Fund. Through these roles, she supported the work of the African Union’s Social Affairs and Political affairs departments. Dunia was also admitted as a lecturer of law at Haramaya University Law School and has taught law in several universities in her country. In 2016, Dunia was named as the first Ethiopian/African woman to receive a National Security LLM with distinction from Georgetown University’s Women’s Law and Public Policy Program. Dunia received her Bachelor of laws degree from Bahirdar University, Ethiopia and her master’s degree in Human Rights from Addis Ababa University.

  • Email: dunix2@yahoo.com
  • Mobile Number: 5712127879

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HUMAN RIGHTS/WOMEN RIGHTS ADVOCATE/RESEARCHER Eden is an Assistant Professor of Law at Bahir Dar University. She has a master’s degree in law in Development from University of Warwick.  She taught Law for twelve years. Eden is a researcher, human rights defender as well as women’s rights advocate. She has publications on Women’s rights. Currently, she is serving as the Executive Director of the Association for Human Rights in Ethiopia (AHRE).

  • Email: edenjossy2005@gmail.com
  • Mobile Number: 251910921294

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LEGAL/CIVIC ENGAGEMENT/RESEARCHER Eyerusalem is a legal professional, researcher and civic space professional based in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia with over three years of experience developing and implementing civic engagement, legal and humanitarian programs, developing monitoring and evaluation systems, overall grant management and donor and stakeholder engagement.    

  • Email: eyerusalembelay03@gmail.com
  • Mobile Number: 251911195743

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LAWYER/SOCIAL RESEARCHER Helen works as an Executive director in the organization called New Life Teen Challenge Development and Relief Program.

  • Email: helaami@gmail.com
  • Mobile Number: 251911209716

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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

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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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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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