User Listings

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GENDER/DEVELOPMENT Almaz has MA Degree in Gender Studies and BA Degree in Political Science and International Relations from Addis Ababa University. She has worked for governmental and non-governmental organizations and UN agencies as an employee and consultant. Her research works focused on land policy, social policy, education, particularly girls' education, Harmful Traditional Practices, and other gender and development related issues. She has conducted trainings on issues of gender and different development issues, gender in leadership and decision making, gender assertiveness, gender mainstreaming in programs and projects and gender transformation. She has facilitated trainings, workshops, seminars, panel discussions and organized and led teams in different research works that demand participation of different disciplines. She was also engaged in evaluation of different programs carried out by international, Africa based and local organizations in collaboration with consultancy firms.

  • Email: almisbirabero@gmail.com
  • Mobile Number: 251911602345

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GENDER/HUMAN RIGHTS  Ankets is passionate about working on human rights, gender equality and justice. She has worked in the NGO sector in Ethiopia for more than 13 years on the professions of gender officer, program officer, gender specialist and now she is managing the Oxfam Ethiopia's Gender Program since 2020.  

  • Email: apetros@oxfam.org.uk
  • Mobile Number: 251924114118

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GENDER/MEDIA/COMMUNICATION  Bethlehem is a media and communications expert specializing on gender & media, representation of women in media and feminism  in Ethiopia. Bethlehem has published research and assessments around gender representation in media in Ethiopia, made presentations at various national, regional conferences and workshops.  Bethlehem has an extensive experience in the field of communication, advocacy, public relations, and media. An active member of the Ethiopian Media Women Association (EMWA), Bethlehem holds an MA in Politics and the Mass Media from the University of Liverpool and BA in Foreign Languages and Literature from Addis Ababa University. Bethlehem is currently working at UN Women Ethiopia Country Office. A former journalist and gender equality advocate, she uses various platforms to write about gender equality and Women Empowerment. Among these platforms are Africanfeminism.com, a pan-African feminists’ digital platform and collaborative writing project between African writers which aims to amplify African feminist voices. She also ran a weekly column on gender issues and politics in the Ethiopian news and information platform, Addis Maleda for over a year. Bethlehem is currently serving as a member of Advisory Council for Action Aid Ethiopia and is a member of The African Women's Development and Communications Network (FEMNET).

  • Email: bethlehemne@gmail.com
  • Mobile Number: 251911431025

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GENDER/WOMEN RIGHTS ADVOCATE Feteh has MA in project management; B. A. in Gender and development and LLB degree. She is a women right’s activist and advocate for gender equality. She is experienced in facilitation of gender sensitization trainings, evidence-based advocacy, and gender transformative programing. She is well versed in project management concepts; human right based approach to programming gender analysis and management for planning and policy enrichment.

  • Email: judfethy@gmail.com
  • Mobile Number: 251912748897

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GENDER EQUALITY/ SOCIAL INCLUSION Hawi studied Economics, Public Relation and Strategic Communication. She is well experienced in gender, development and management. Hawi has more than 14 years of solid experience in the development sector, in areas of women empowerment, gender equality, child protection, and social/downward accountability. She has accumulated years of experience working as projects lead for women empowerment and child protection, team leader in different projects and GESI lead at consortium levels. Her experience working at grassroots level added a live component on her experience as gender equality and social inclusion practitioner. Hawi holds a bachelor's degree in Economics from Bahirdar  University in Ethiopia and a master’s degree from Addis Ababa  University's public relations and strategic communication program.

  • Email: hawilulu@gmail.com
  • Mobile Number: 251910093005

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GENDER/WOMEN EMPOWERMENT/JOURNALISM Hibiete is a gender expert with over 15 years of work experience with focus on Gender Equality, Women and youth Empowerment and Inclusion in development programs and institutional development. She has also worked in journalism and teaching sectors at her earlier career development. Hibiete is a trained training facilitator. She produces training modules, coaches training facilitation skills to partners and delivers training. She has MA in Social Psychology, and bachelor's degree in foreign Languages and Literature. She is a graduate of the Executive Community Leadership Diploma Program provided by the collaboration of the Jönköping University (Sweden) and Addis Ababa University and sponsored by SIDA. She recently earned her diploma from Swedish Institute Management Program on Sustainable Management. She has work experience in Kenya, Tanzania and Japan in journalism, community development programs and the education sector. 

  • Email: habtish.tes@gmail.com
  • Mobile Number: 251911670337

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GENDER POLICY/FEMINIST ADVOCATE Hilina is a gender policy and feminist advocacy expert. She has spent over a decade advocating for the recognition and fulfillment of women’s rights through national and regional law and advocacy mechanisms. She has served as a gender expert in human rights investigations, taught and conducted gender research at Higher educational institutions, led advocacy efforts under civil society organizations, and provided technical support for policy and law reform in Ethiopia. Hilina holds an LL.M in Law and Gender from SOAS, University of London, and LL. B in Law from Addis Ababa University. She is currently working as a gender and inclusion specialist at the United Nations Office in Vienna (UNOV).  

  • Email: bhilina.degefa@gmail.com
  • Mobile Number: 0

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GENDER CONSULTANT/CHEMIST Messeret has MA degree in Gender Studies from Addis Ababa University. She was enrolled at Abo Akadamia University in Finland as an exchange student and attended advanced course on ‘Feminist Perspective of Science Studies’. Having first degree in the field of science, Meseret has served as quality control Chemist and microbiologist for different organizations in her earlier days of work life.  After getting her second degree in Gender Studies, she joined the Women’s Affairs department at Geological Survey of Ethiopia, under the Ministry of Mines. She also has a track record, working in various sectors including the women’s affairs such as, human right, national election, house of representative, the road and transport, as well as the industrial sector.  She has been actively involved in the preparation of national gender related manuals, national gender mainstreaming, leveling and data base framework and Training module. She has been working as gender advisor and consultant for various organizations, these services include; preparation of training manuals and provision of training, conducting assessments, gender auditing, GBV/VAW risk identification, anti-GBV/SH policy and Grievance handling guideline preparation,  coaching and mentorships manual preparation, gender mainstreaming manual/GBV mitigation manuals and many more for projects sponsored by UNICEF, PACARD Foundation, World Bank, UN Women, African Development Bank.           

  • Email: messi22us@yahoo.com
  • Mobile Number: 251911461496

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