Ethiopia's gender equality efforts are getting some well-deserved attention lately. On Oct. 16, the country's prime minister Abiy Ahmed appointed women to half of the positions in the cabinet. Last ...
PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- As Philadelphia police search for the driver who struck and killed 48-year-old Meaza Brown, family, friends and coworkers laid her to rest on Tuesday. The incident happened on ...
PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- A woman was killed in an early morning hit-and-run in Philadelphia's University City section on Thursday. Police say 48-year-old Meaza Brown was walking to work with some ...
A woman was struck by a car and killed on Market Street in University City Thursday morning, Philadelphia police said. Emergency crews were called to 33rd and Market streets around 4 a.m. At the scene ...
Human rights lawyer Meaza Ashenafi was sworn in Thursday as the head of Ethiopia’s Supreme Court by the country’s parliament in a wave of appointments for women in top government positions. Prime ...
Meaza Ashenafi currently serves as an adviser on gender and women’s rights in the Capacity Development Division of UNECA. She is a very active attorney who advocates for the legal protection of women, ...
Meaza Ashenafi is a leading advocate for justice, human rights, women's rights and gender equality. She was a founder and the first executive director of the Ethiopian Women Lawyers Association.
ADDIS ABABA, Ethi­o­pia — In Ethiopia’s latest move to empower women, the country’s Parliament on Thursday installed as Supreme Court president a women’s rights activist whose achievements were ...
Ethiopia swore in its first female Supreme Court chief on Thursday, part of a wave of appointments of women to top government positions backed by Ethiopia's new Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed. The new ...