Sahle-Work Zewde has become Ethiopia's first female president and Africa's only female head of state ✊
Addressing parliament, she also pledged to promote peace:"I urge you all, to uphold our peace, in the name of a mother, who is the first to suffer from the absence of peace.''The new president was keen to make a point about gender equality right from the start, telling MPs that if they thought she was talking too much about women, she had only just begun.
Ms Sahle-Work's appointment has been welcomed by Ethiopians on social media with many calling it"historic". that"in a patriarchal society such as ours, the appointment of a female head of state not only sets the standard for the future but also normalises women as decision-makers in public life".President Sahle-Work is the ceremonial head of state and Prime Minsiter Abiy Ahmed holds the political power
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