Ethiopia
| Quota Information | Parliament Information | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Are there legislated quotas? | Yes | Structure of parliament | Unicameral |
| For the Single/Lower House? | Yes | >Current members | 470 |
| Percentage of women | 41.49% | ||
| Source: Gender Quotas Database | Source: New Parline | ||
Yordanos Bezabih, an Ethiopian women’s rights activist, had faced online threats for years: of acid attacks, gang-rape and death. She tried her best to ignore the abuse as she continued her advocacy work. But in 2025, the threats became more menacing.
The Ethiopian Human Rights Commission (EHRC) conducted a consultation forum on March 18, 2026, in Addis Ababa with stakeholders regarding the legal protections provided for women political party members, independent candidates and journalists within electoral contexts.
Ethiopia’s first female president, Sahle-Work Zewde, spoke to FORBES AFRICA’s Managing Editor, Renuka Methil, on the country’s plans to combat Covid-19 and resuscitate one of the fastest growing economies in Africa.
Recent gains by women in the Ethiopian political landscape offer a chance to improve gender equality around the country and put an end to long-standing societal iniquities.
The number of Ethiopian women in the national legislative and executive branches has grown significantly since Ethiopia conducted its first parliamentary election in 1995.
Setaweet Movement, a movement established to “create a space for dialogue, research and activism by Ethiopian women and men,” organized its first Annual All-Women Academia Conference on Saturday, November 23, 2019 under the theme ‘’Writing our rights
The Ethiopian Chapter of the African Women Leaders Network (AWLN) is launched on Monday at an event attended by United Nations Deputy Secretary-General Amina J. Mohammed, President of Ethiopia, Sahle-Work Zewde.'
Ethiopia’s parliament on Thursday swore in the country’s first female supreme court president, building on efforts by reformist Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed to achieve gender parity in government.
Ethiopian members of parliament have elected Sahle-Work Zewde as the country's first female president.
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia — Ethiopia's new Cabinet is now a record 50 percent female, including the country's first woman defense minister, after lawmakers on Tuesday unanimously approved the nominations put forward by reformist Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed
Ethiopia’s parliament, the House of Peoples’ Representatives, has chosen a former Minister of Women’s Affairs, as its new speaker, state-affiliated FANA Broadcasting Corporate reports.
Minister of Women's Affairs has called upon all citizens to strive for the respect of women's rights by preventing violence against women.
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Ethiopia is one of the three-sub-Saharan countries where women participation in the legislative and managerial levels showed improvement in the last ten years, according to the International Labor Office.
Despite their active role in the political, social and economic life of the country, Ethiopian women and their contributions have not been acknowledged duly.
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