MEAZA ASHENAFI (Ethiopia)

Chief Justice, Federal Supreme Court of Ethiopia

Women’s Rights Activist: Gender Equality and Participation

Founder of the Ethiopian Women Lawyers Association (EWLA)

Promoter and Board Chair of Enat Bank (Women focused universal bank)

Gender Advisor, United Nations Economic Commission for Africa

Studies: Human Rights, International Relations and Women’s Studies

Important Recognitions – Honored by Thomson Reuters Foundation “In Justice Ginsburg’s footsteps: seven lawyers fighting for equality around the world” (2020), Women of Courage for Ethiopia Award (2008), African Leadership Prize of the Hunger Project (2003).