Meskerem Geset Techane

Meskerem Geset Techane is an international human rights lawyer and a member of the UN Working Group on discrimination against women, who served as its Vice-Chair and Chair (2018-2020) and is currently the Co-Chair of the EDVAW Platform (Platform of Independent Expert Mechanisms on the Elimination of Discrimination and Violence against Women). Meskerem is also a Commissioner for Women’s and Children’s Rights at the Ethiopian Human Rights Commission. She led prominent human rights and women’s rights institutions, initiatives, and research in Ethiopia, Africa-wide, and globally, and earned recognition for her work as a human rights defender.