The Role of Women in Gada System

This paper examines the role of Women in the Gada system with special reference to Borana Oromo of southern Ethiopia. However, women have active participant in social and economic positions in the Gada system. They have no role in political and leadership positions. Thus, women's access to education can play a great role for bringing women's in to leadership in the Gada system (i.e. modern democracy).

Autorentext

Ayantu has received MA in Gender studies from Addis Ababa University in 2009. She has been working in a different government and non-governmental organizations. Presently, she is working as a project officer and assigned on giving training, designing, implementing and monitoring project in Save Mother and Children of Oromia.