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Dereje

Gebremichael

Dereje worked for Ethiopia's Ministry of Water and Energy, involved with water-related
programs and projects, from 2012-2019. He also participated in many transboundary
water-related trainings and events. He has been working as a senior grant acquisition
and planning officer for the Ethiopian Orthodox Church Development and Inter-Church
Aid Commission (EOC-DICAC) and as a member of the Act Alliance since January
2023.

In his current role, he helps develop gender-sensitive corporate partnerships, planning,
and M&E strategies for various humanitarian and development programs. Through the
application of a transformative masculinity approach, he is actively engaged with the
organization's Gender Unit to advance women's empowerment and gender justice. He
has integrated gender issues into aspects of his professional development and made
contributions to gender awareness including as a volunteer and committee member
for the Women and Youth Affairs Department, participating in the production of the
yearly gender bulletin, and developing and implementing gender-sensitive projects
focused on managing and preventing gender-based violence.

The Male Champions for Women's
Empowerment provides an enabling
environment for more women as engineers
and experts in the water sector and to get
a better balance of perspectives.

NGO operating in Ethiopia