Ethiopia
Data on women
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Basic information > About parliament
Speaker
Speaker
Tagesse
Chaffo
(Male)
Year of birth
1970
Additional information
Elected on 17 Oct. 2018.
Secretary general
Secretary General
Mesrak Mekonnen
Yetneberk
(Female)
Notes
Additional information about the Secretary General, in particular regarding their term.
Appointed on 8 June 2018.
Members
Current number of members, by sex
Women
The number of female parliamentarians who currently hold seats in parliament.
Percentage of women
Calculated by dividing the current number of women by the current number of members.
Age
Average age of all members
Youngest member (years)
Age at the time of the last election or renewal.
Youngest member
Nashto Hirsi Jimail (Female)
Oldest member (years)
Age at the time of the last election or renewal.
66
Oldest member
Ass. Prof. Ayalew Zeleke Sasse (Male)
Total number of MPs, 46 years of age or older
179
Total per sex
Total of male
357
Total of female
135
Total per age interval
18-20
0
21-30
30
31-40
144
41-45
139
46-50
97
51-60
69
61-70
12
71-80
1
81-90
0
91 and over
0
Number of members, by age
| 18 - 20 | 21 - 30 | 31 - 40 | 41 - 45 | 46 - 50 | 51 - 60 | 61 - 70 | 71 - 80 | 81 - 90 | 91 and over | Totals per gender | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals per age interval | 0 | 30 | 144 | 139 | 97 | 69 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total <= 45: 313 | Total >= 46: 179 | ||||||||||
| Male | 0 | 12 | 85 | 104 | 80 | 63 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 357 |
| Female | 0 | 18 | 59 | 35 | 17 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 135 |
Reserved seats and quotas
Electoral quota for women
Quotas to promote the representation of women in parliament.
Elections > Election results
Results
Members elected, by sex
Number of men elected
335
Number of women elected
212
Elections > Historical data on women
Women's suffrage
Date of independence
For countries that become independent after 1940
1941
Women’s right to vote
Women’s right to vote
Year in which women obtained the right to vote
1955
National or local
Suffrage: National or Local
National
Restricted or unrestricted suffrage
Suffrage: Restricted or Universal
Universal
Women’s right to stand for election
Women's right to stand for election
Year in which women obtained the right to stand for election
1955
National or local
Stand for Election: National or Local
National
First woman in parliament
First woman in parliament
Year in which first woman entered parliament
1957
First woman speaker
Year of first woman speaker
Date at which, for the first time in the country's parliamentary history, a woman became Presiding Officer of Parliament or of one of its Houses.
1995
Specialized body - Women's caucus
Women's Parliamentary Caucus
(January 2003)
Formal or informal
Formal
The caucus is open to male MPs
Yes
The caucus is cross-party
No
There are rules governing the functioning of the caucus
Yes
Activities
Issues dealt with by the caucus
- Capacity building on women MPs on legislation and oversight activities; women empowerment, full participation and engagement in all spheres of the country's development.
The caucus has a strategic plan or plan of action
Yes
The caucus has a communication plan
Yes