Ethiopia :

Brief Resume of The Deputy Speaker of the Hosue of Peoples' Represenatives of the FDRE

The Hon. W/ro Shitaye Minale Tizazu, B.A, M.A

MP,Deputy Speaker of House of Peoples' Represenatives

1. PERSONAL DATA

1.1 Name - Shitaye Minale
1.2 Gender - Female
1.3 Date and place of Birth -

– Feb. 23/1965, Addit Woreda, Gojjam, Ethiopia

1.4 Marital Status -

– Married, Mother of three children

2. EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND

  • Attended primary school in Addit Woreda, Secondary School in Bahir Dar Twon Tana Haik Comprehensive High School and completed in 1983.
  • Joined Bahir Dar University and obtained B.A degree in Pedagogical Science in 1990.
  • Graduate from Addis Ababa University with Master Degree in Curriculum and Instruction in 2001.
3. PROFESSIONAL SKILLS AND TRAININGS

Attending short and long term trainings and awarded certificate on:-

  • Introduction to teaching democracy, 1997
  • Curriculum development, Feb. 1997, Dec. 1998
  • ICT training, Oct. 1998 / 2004
  • Evaluation and research methodology, Sep. 1999
  • Development of Instruments for the summative evaluation,– Mar. 2003
  • General Law, Aug. 2003
  • Participate in the training of Women on Rights, Democracy and Political skills, Apr. 2003
  • Train Women MPs on Right Democracy and Political Skills 2003
  • Communication skills for Women MPs, Mar. 2004
  • Negotiation, Communication and consensus Building, Jun. 2004
  • Voices of Women: Working for Women in Democracy, March 2005

4. POLITICAL AND PROFESSIONAL CAREER SERVICES

  • Teacher of High School, Head of Social Science Department, Instructor and Department Head of Pedagogical Science in Bale Robe Teacher training Institute (1990 – 1998).
  • Curriculum Developer, Evaluator and Asses the Impact of the New Curriculum. Within this Head of Women Affairs Committee in Amhara Region Education Bureau (1998 – 2001).
  • Member of Infrastructure Affairs Standing Committee, Vice Chairperson of Ethio-Japan Friendship Group and Chairperson in one of the Caucus Committee in the House of Peoples’ Representatives (2002 – 2005).
  • Vice President in APU (African Parliamentary Union) Women committee (2005-2006).
  • Deputy Speaker of the House of Peoples’ Representatives staring from 2005.
  • At the present, Chairperson for Women Parliamentary Caucus.

ACCREDITATION TO INTERNATIONAL MEETINGS AND CONFERENCES

  • Attend in Central and East Africa Women Empowerment Meetings in Malawi, Uganda, South Africa and UK between 2003-2005.
  • Attend African and Spanish Women Meeting in Mozambique and Spain and International Parliamentarian Women Workshops in Finland and South Africa. (2005 – 2006)
  • Attend in IPU and APU in the Executive and General Assembly Meetings.
  • Attend East and Central African Countries Parliamentary Meeting on the issue of “Child Rights”.

RESEARCH WORKS

  • Develop paper on Image of Females: Content Analysis of textbooks. 2001.
  • Develop interactive Instructional Materials: In the Program the Effectiveness of Multi-grade Classes and Single Teacher Schools in the sub-Sahara African countries.
  • Develop Unpublished paper on Planning, how Gender can be mainstreamed in budgetary activities.
  • Develop Primary School Social Science Text Book.