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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.    

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

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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.

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

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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.

  • Mobile Number: 251911384925
  • Email: lensu2007@gmail.com

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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). 

  • Mobile Number: 251911517318
  • Email: ledet.teka@gmail.com

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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.

  • Mobile Number: 251962599768
  • Email: ldtgebru@gmail.com

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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.

  • Mobile Number: 251920894692
  • Email: mahlettibebu@outlook.com

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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. 

  • Mobile Number: 251913575476
  • Email: makibe32@gmail.com

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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.

  • Mobile Number: 251912684694
  • Email: meseretkassegne@gmail.com

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