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. Hilina also manages Temsaletorg, a creative platform that documents the stories of exemplary Ethiopian women.

Early life

Hilina earned a bachelor's degree in Law from Addis Ababa University.[3] 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.[4][5]

Career

In 2011, Hilina was a co-founder of The Yellow Movement, the feminist group at Addis Ababa University, along with law department faculty member, Blen Sahilu, and fellow law student Aklile Solomon.[3][6] 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.[7] 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.[8]


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. "Hilina Berhanu Degefa". IREX.
  4. "Internships". Lex:lead, Lawyers for Economic Advancement and Development.
  5. RAMA S. DIENG (10 May 2016). "Interview with Aya Chebbi & Hilina Berhanu on Youth & Governance in Africa". YouTube.
  6. "The Yellow Movement: Challenging Gender Inequality - LIDC - London International Development Centre". www.lidc.org.uk.
  7. "Meet the 2015 Mandela Washington Fellows from Ethiopia at Tadias Magazine". www.tadias.com.
  8. "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.
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