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