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[temari]

Adanach Abebe is now the federal attorney/prosecutor. She was a competent minster at the ministry of revenues. I don't understand why she is now appointed to this position. this is i think not a good decision for the ministry of revenues.

Dr. Lidya is now minister of health. she is competent and a good choice. well done.

Lakew Ayalew is now minter of revenues. i don't know him. i hope he is competent and dedicated like Adanech Abebe. nowadays i am sceptical about men leadership the women are demonstrating to be far more competent and dedicated

Filsen Abdulahi is now the minster for women's, children's and youth affairs. this was the last ministry held by TPLF. filsen is a good choice. she has shown that she is a dedicated peacemaker in the past.

[temari]

interesting also that the two ministries (health and federal prosecutor) were held by men and now both are being replaced by women. this could mean that ethiopia may now how have more women minsters than men. amen

[opmerc]

I like that the ground is always shifting. Keeps everyone from stagnating. Like when the Minister of Innovation and Technology was moved to Minister of Education despite doing an excellent job where he was. As long as there are long term plans in place left by the previous decent manager, the new incoming boss can't screw up much if they just follow those plans. If they produce more gains by outperforming the original goal then they stay or get moved around, if not they get shifted out altogether.

Such a filtration system weeds out the inept from the system completely, apply the competent ones you discovered for under-performing sectors and introduce new blood to grade in this same way.

Eventually we can hopefully stop with maintaining this quota system of men vs women and just get down to who is most competent.

[Sam Ebalalehu]

Maybe I am biased. But I do believe generally women in position of power are more trustful than men are. They work hard. They try hard to prove that they are as comptent as men are. They are more honest, and less prone to corruption. If educational background and experience are equal between a male and female candidate for a given ministerial position, Abiy could not go wrong if he chooses a woman. Another important thing for choosing them over men is they are less tribal in their politics, meaning Abiy could be more comfortable sharing his vision with them.

[opmerc]

Maybe I am biased. But I do believe generally women in position of power are more trustful than men are. They work hard. They try hard to prove that they are as comptent as men are. They are more honest, and less prone to corruption. If educational background and experience are equal between a male and female candidate for a given ministerial position, Abiy could not go wrong if he chooses a woman. Another important thing for choosing them over men is they are less tribal in their politics, meaning Abiy could be more comfortable sharing his vision with them.

That is true. On average that does seem to be the case. I just don't like fixations on gender based appointments or some other even more frivolous thing like ethnicity. These are critical positions and getting skilled, high performance people assigned matters above all else.

Although I also see its aspirational value. You want women and girls to connect their destiny with such powerful positions and work to get there. But eventually we need to get to a place where it won't matter if the cabinet is 50 or 100 or 0 percent women. The work would speak for the persons quality, not their gender.

Nonetheless, I'm happy for this new minister. Hopefully she does well and proves her mettle.

[Sam Ebalalehu]

Opmerc, I live in a country where rationing positions based on gender or ethnicity is pretty much the norm. I know there be times such consideration might be important. But in general I am not a fan of identity politics. I want competent people to hold important government and private sector positions. But I see for the time being the Ethiopian case differently. Women are mostly underrepresented in higher positions. Young girls have a few role models to follow. Giving them a leg up for awhile might not be a bad idea. That is not to mean though giving a position to a woman who is incompetent.

[tlel]

Look, it is foolish to do extreme of everything. Life is about balance, while promoting equality what ever profession throughout Ethiopia, when it comes administering and governing it doesn't matter what gender appoint the most capable, this is nothing to do with gender but right leadership that benefits Ethiopia and its societies. That being said, the world is promoting women it doesn't have to be black and white. Before it was male dominant now female dominant? it should not be " my turn" thing but create a balance where both respect eachother. It requires both genders input for the better of a nation. I don't like the fact that demonizing one against the other however past mistkes could be corrected. Every human being man or woman have innate talent then what he/she learned from a society hoping the learning is not about hate but wisdom.

Let us not forget, Ethiopia was the first nation to have women leadership without necessary demonizing the male. Kendake Era was in Ethiopia where women were ruling... there must be reason to it and the male the keepers of women that actually is amazing. Today, the world is going to adopt what we first did. In fact in African history, men and women have equal leadership until colonization took over where women to stay home and stay beautiful for men to see that is how Victoria times was.

[opmerc]

Opmerc, I live in a country where rationing positions based on gender or ethnicity is pretty much the norm. I know there be times such consideration might be important. But in general I am not a fan of identity politics. I want competent people to hold important government and private sector positions. But I see for the time being the Ethiopian case differently. Women are mostly underrepresented in higher positions. Young girls have a few role models to follow. Giving them a leg up for awhile might not be a bad idea. That is not to mean though giving a position to a woman who is incompetent.

That's fair. My thoughts are directed toward the long term. For now at least giving them priority during the selection phase is warranted. Both her and especially health minister are going to be tested like no one before them though. I hope they make it through.