Hilina Berhanu Degefa

Hilina Berhanu Degefa (born 1992)[1] is an Ethiopian women's rights activist and researcher.[2] She is a co-founder of The Yellow Movement, a youth-led feminist advocacy and empowerment program based in Addis Ababa and Mekelle University. She was a 2015 recipient of a Mandela Washington Fellowship for Young African Leaders, the youngest to receive the honor at the age of 22. Hilina is also a Women Deliver Young Leaders Fellow, class of 2020. She is the first Ethiopian civil society representative to brief the UN Security Council.[3]

Early life

Hilina earned a bachelor's degree in Law from Addis Ababa University.[4] She earned a master's degree in Law and Gender from SOAS, University of London (the School of Oriental and African Studies), where she was a Governance and Development in Africa scholar, funded by the Mo Ibrahim Foundation.[5][6]

Career

In 2011, Hilina was a co-founder of The Yellow Movement, a youth-led feminist movement along with law department faculty member, Blen Sahilu, and fellow law student Aklile Solomon.[4][7] The Yellow Movement creation was inspired by Aberash Hailay, an Ethiopian flight attendant whose eyes were gouged out by her jealous former husband earlier that year.[1]

Hilina received a 2015 Mandela Washington Fellowship for Young African Leaders.[8] Hilina also taught at Addis Ababa University, School of Law and later joined Mekelle University's Institute of Gender and Development as a lecturer and researcher.[9] In March 2022, She published a research report on Gender and Violent Extremism under European Institute of Peace.[10] In April 2022, Hilina became the first Ethiopian CS briefer to present before the UNSC.[11]

See also

References
  1. Davison, William (27 January 2015). "Ethiopia's women vow to turn tide of violence, rape and murder - William Davison". www.theguardian.com.
  2. ROAPE (2019-11-14). "Talking Back: Hilina Berhanu and Aklile Solomon". ROAPE. Retrieved 2021-11-19.
  3. https://www.securitycouncilreport.org/whatsinblue/2022/04/ethiopia-meeting-under-any-other-business-3.php. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  4. "Hilina Berhanu Degefa". IREX.
  5. "Internships". Lex:lead, Lawyers for Economic Advancement and Development.
  6. RAMA S. DIENG (10 May 2016). "Interview with Aya Chebbi & Hilina Berhanu on Youth & Governance in Africa". YouTube.
  7. "The Yellow Movement: Challenging Gender Inequality - LIDC - London International Development Centre". www.lidc.org.uk.
  8. "Meet the 2015 Mandela Washington Fellows from Ethiopia at Tadias Magazine". www.tadias.com.
  9. "The faces behind the Yellow Movement: How Ethiopia's young women are vowing to change culture of sexual harassment, rape and domestic violence". independent. Retrieved 2021-11-19.
  10. https://www.eip.org/publication/gender-and-extremism-in-ethiopia/. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  11. https://twitter.com/AkshayaSays/status/1515020077111951361?cxt=HHwWgoC-vfaut4YqAAAA. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
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