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Ethiopia: A women group elects First Witch as chairperson

August 6th, 2009 |

Addis Ababa (ENA — The two day founding meeting of Federation for Women Associations of Ethiopia concluded later on Monday after electing seven executive members and three members of audit commission.The First Lady Witch Azeb Mesfin elected as Chairperson of the federation.

[Azeb, the wife of warlord Meles Zenawi, is the most hated woman in Ethiopia because of her direct involvement, as a member of the central committee of the ruling Tigrean People’s Liberation Front, in the making of policies that brutalize the people of Ethiopia.)

The federation executive committee will have a chairperson, four vice chairpersons, a secretary and a deputy secretary; and the audit commission comprised three members.

The meeting elected Shekuria Ahmed, Gifti Abaseya, Halema Ibrahim, and Abebech Shemeta as vice chairpersons.

Kiros Asebeha and Afeta Umud elected as Secretary and Assistant Secretary of the federation, respectively.

The Federation elected Kedja Ali Audit commission chairperson, Etalemahu Tilahun as vice chairperson and Lemlem Shekuri as member of the commission.

The meeting provided responsibility of approving logo of the federation to the executive committee.The meeting yesterday approved statute of the federation after a thorough discussion on it.

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