Ethiopia
Data on women
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Basic information > About parliament
Speaker
Speaker
Agegnehu
Teshager
(Male)
Year of birth
1968
Additional information
Elected on 4 Oct. 2021.
Secretary general
Secretary General
Kebede
Kayima Shoa
(Male)
Members
Current number of members, by sex
Men
The number of male parliamentarians who currently hold seats in parliament.
100
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.
Reserved seats and quotas
Electoral quota for women
Quotas to promote the representation of women in parliament.
Notes
No current measures in place however the Growth and Transformation Plan foresees some initiatives.
Elections > Election results
Results
Members elected, by sex
Number of men elected
100
Number of women elected
44
Number of women after election or renewal, by mode of designation
Women Indirectly Elected
44
New legislature
Total number of men after the election
The total number of male parliamentarians in this parliament/chamber following the election or renewal, regardless of their modes of designation.
100
Total number of women after the election
The total number of female parliamentarians in this parliament/chamber following the election or renewal, regardless of their modes of designation.
44
First Speaker of the new legislature
First Speaker of the new legislature
First name of the Speaker of the new legislature following the election or renewal.
Agegnehu
Teshager
(Male)
Date of election
04.10.2021
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