Women Becomes first female president in Ethiopia

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Ethiopian lawmakers have appointed the country’s first female president, Sahle-Work Zewde. The position is ceremonial in Ethiopia. Nevertheless, the spokesman for Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed called the move “historic” and said it shows women will play key roles in Ethiopian politics.

In a historic move, the two Houses has elected Ambassador Shalework Zewde as the next President of #Ethiopia. She is the first female head of state in modern Ethiopia. A career diplomat & senior official at the UN, she brings the right competence & experience to the office. (1)

— Fitsum Arega (@fitsumaregaa) October 25, 2018
Sahle-Work’s appointment Thursday follows a Cabinet reorganization by Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed that resulted in women getting 50 percent of the government’s top ministerial positions.

And women now hold 37 percent of Ethiopia’s parliamentary seats, almost twice the ratio of women in the U.S. Congress.

Never before have Ethiopian women held so many high-ranking government positions.

But stark gender disparities in the country persist, and it’s not yet clear how improved representation in the federal government will affect the status of Ethiopia’s more than 50 million women and girls.