Before I joined the civil society sector, I worked at different levels of Government organizations as an expert and team leader of the Budgeting Department of Planning and Economic Development Bureau, from 1988 up to 2003. From March/2003 to June/2008 I worked as a Team Leader of Policy Analysis and Project Preparation plus as the […]

Emebet Mahmoud has M.Sc. in Demography (1996) and B.Sc. in Statistics. She served as a senior lecturer and researcher in broad areas of population studies, gender and reproductive health. She has over 12 years experience in teaching graduate courses in demographic analysis, statistics and reproductive health programs. Research and consultancy she has been engaged in […]

Gisella Kagy is an assistant professor at Vassar College in New York. She is a development economist with a focus on gender, employment in low-income countries, and the impact of early childhood and in-utero health shocks on later-life health and human capital accumulation. She has projects in Bangladesh, Ethiopia and Ghana that use a variety […]

Ms. Genet Shume, MSW, LL. B is a Women’s Rights, Gender and Social Inclusion specialist with persistent, progressive and diversified experience of solid 15 years. Ms. Genet’s career journey have been sharpened over the years starting from her early engagement at the Ethiopian Women Lawyers Association(EWLA) as a member and counselor to those denied social […]

Meseret has a law background she is 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. Having over 10 years of service in different fields, and various institutions; local and international CSO, NGOs as well as in media. Meseret’s professional carrier […]

Misrach Mekonnen is a development professional with having an academic background in Project Management and Sociology. Currently, she is working with CARE Ethiopia as a Program Coordinator for the Women’s Economic Justice unit. Women’s economic justice is one of the core programmatic areas of CARE Ethiopia’s work, ensuring that women have equitable access to and control […]