Addis Ababa: Coalition of Ethiopian Women’s Association Director Convener of Women’s Voice in the National Dialogue, Saba Gebremedhim, said that the process of collecting agendas for the national consultative process has been observed to be inclusive and participatory.
In an interview with ENA, the director said Women’s Voice in the National Dialogue has been engaged in activities since the beginning of the consultative process in by incorporating more than 50 organizations.
The coalition has stated that it has organized various women’s forums in the districts of Addis Ababa and held discussions on the agendas that should be raised in the consultative process.
Stating that the national dialogue agenda setting process initiated in the city has ensured inclusiveness by involving various segments of the society including women, and that it has been a participatory process, she said everyone needs to play a positive role for its successful continuation until the end.
The Director, who mentioned that the discu
ssions held during the current agenda setting process will lay the foundation for the main national dialogue, underscored that the dialogue is crucial to creating consensus through democratic and peaceful means and to bring about justice.
She stressed that all segments of the society need to properly utilize the national consultative process, which presents a great opportunity to permanently resolve conflicts and other fundamental challenges facing the country, and work responsibly for its success.
Saba Gebremedhim called on women to actively participate in the efforts to ensure lasting peace as they are part of the solution.
The Ethiopian National Dialogue Commission, which was established by Proclamation No. 1265/2014 to conduct inclusive national dialogues on fundamental national issues to build better national consensus, has now embarked on implementing the third phase.
The inclusive national consultative process has phases of pre-preparation, preparation, consultative process, implementation and moni
toring.
The agenda setting process, which is part of the consultative phase, was officially launched last Wednesday in Addis Ababa, and representatives of various community groups have concluded three days of discussions on agenda items.
Accordingly, they have identified the agendas they want to be discussed in the consultations at the city administration level and submitted them to the Commission. The Ethiopian National Dialogue Commission announced that they have elected 121 representatives to present their agendas during the national dialogue.
Source: Ethiopian News Agency