Mehret Equbay Berehe

Mehret Equbay Berehe has over four years of experience as a women’s rights activist. She currently works as a Civic and Ethical Education Instructor at the International Leadership Academy of Ethiopia and is a Campaign Organizer for the Yellow Movement AAU. As a civics teacher, she has encouraged a Socrates-style of teaching by pushing her students to question their customs. As a campaign organizer, she is responsible for organizing weekly forums for discussing gender roles. Mehret Equbay Berehe also helps with fundraising to support girls in need of sanitation and stationary material at the Addis Ababa University. Mehret was chosen to take part in the YALI Regional Leadership Center East Africa program in 2015. She has pursued her career in the educational sector because she wants to support young people and create forums for healthy discourse around issues that matter the most to their future; gender, climate change, and politics.