Ethiopia appoints Sahle-Work Zewde as first female president
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/africa/ethiopia-president-sahle-work-zewde-female-woman-gender-equality-feminism-a8602566.html A week after Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed of Ethiopia filled half his new Cabinet with women in a radical overhaul, the country’s parliament took another step towards gender parity Thursday by appointing the country’s first female president. Sahle-Work Zewde, 68, a seasoned diplomat who has held positions in the United Nations and worked in peacekeeping operations in Africa, accepted… Read more »