Khadija Abeba

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Khadija Abeba is the President of the Supreme Court of Djibouti and is the country's highest ranking female official. [1]

Career

Abeba was appointed as President of the Supreme Court of Djibouti in 1996. [2] In the event of President Ismaël Omar Guelleh's illness or death, Abeba would become head of state. [3] [4] [5] Human rights in Djibouti is a major concern of Abeba's and she has organised workshops with the Djiboutian League for Human Rights (LDDH) to explore solutions to issues facing the country. [6]

Khadija Abeba also became the first female judge in 1977, and in 1996 became the first woman in Djibouti to be President of the Court of Appeal. [2] [7] She was followed into the Djiboutian judicial system by judges Chantal Clément, Fozia Hassan Bahdon and Naïba Djama. [8] Abeba is known as a progressive legislator in Djibouti. [9] Whilst women have the right to vote in Djibouti their political representation is still limited. [10] In 2003 Hawa Ahmed Youssouf was appointed to role of Secretary of State for the Promotion of Women and Family and Social Affairs. [11]

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  2. 1 2 "RPP Rassemblement Populaire pour le Progrès". www.facebook.com. Retrieved 2019-12-24.
  3. ↑ "Political structure". Republic of Djibouti. Archived from the original on 2019-12-04. Retrieved 2019-12-04.
  4. ↑ Publications, USA International Business (2006). Djibouti Foreign Policy & Government Guide. Int'l Business Publications. ISBN   978-0-7397-3748-4.{{cite book}}: |first= has generic name (help)
  5. ↑ Country Reports on Human Rights Practices: Report Submitted to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, U.S. House of Representatives and Committee on Foreign Relations, U.S. Senate by the Department of State in Accordance with Sections 116(d) and 502B(b) of the Foreign Assistance 1961, as Amended. Department of State. 2001.
  6. ↑ "LDDH - Résolution du 14/11 Etats généraux de la Justice". lddh-djibouti.org. Archived from the original on 2020-01-24. Retrieved 2019-12-24.
  7. ↑ UNION NATIONALE DES FEMMES DJIBOUTIENNES. "Rapport Alternatif de l'Union Nationale des Femmes Djiboutiennes sur la mise en œuvre de la Convention sur l'Elimination de toutes les Formes de Discrimination à l'Egard des Femmes (CEDEF)" (PDF).
  8. ↑ "1997 Human Rights Report - Djibouti". 1997-2001.state.gov. Retrieved 2019-12-24.
  9. ↑ "Djibouti". World Bank.
  10. ↑ Refugees, United Nations High Commissioner for. "Refworld | U.S. Department of State Country Report on Human Rights Practices 1997 - Djibouti". Refworld. Retrieved 2019-12-24.
  11. ↑ ard. "Réalité numéro 87 du mercredi 10 mars 2004". ARD (in French). Retrieved 2019-12-24.
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