Full name: – Zelalem Desalegne Basazinew
Specialization: – Gender and Development Studies
Academic Rank: – Lecturer
Department: – Rural Development and Agricultural Extension
Phone number: – +251-912-17-56-12
Institutional email and alternative email: zeledesa16@gmail.com or zelalem_desalegn@dmu.edu.et
Research interest:
- Gender Wage Gap and Labor Market Segregation: Investigating the causes and consequences of the pay gap between men and women.
- Women’s Access to and Control over Economic Resources: Studying barriers to land ownership, property rights, credit, and financial services for women.
- Entrepreneurship and SME Development: Examining the specific challenges faced by women-owned businesses, including access to markets, technology, and networks.
- Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR): Researching access to family planning, maternal healthcare, the impact of restrictive abortion laws, and the fight against Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting (FGM/C).
- Legal Empowerment and Access to Justice: Analyzing discriminatory laws (e.g., in family, citizenship, and inheritance) and the gap between formal legal rights and their implementation, especially for marginalized women.
- Gender-Differentiated Impacts of Climate Change: Investigating how women, due to their roles in water collection, subsistence agriculture, and fuel gathering, are disproportionately affected by climate shocks and stresses.
- Gender in Conflict, Humanitarian Crises, and Peace building: Analyzing the specific vulnerabilities and roles of women and sexual minorities in conflict and post-conflict settings
Publications:
- Desalegne, Z. (2016). Opportunities and Challenges of Women in Milk Value Chain Development: The Case of Batie and Adelie in East Hararegie Zone, Ethiopia. International Journal of Sciences: Basic and Applied Research (IJSBAR), 27(3), 26-40.
- Zelalem Desalegne Basazinew, 2018. “An Assessment Study on the Prevalence and Causes of Early Marriage and its Associated Problems on Socio-Economic and Health of Women in Gozamine Woreda East Gojjame Zone Amhara Region,” International Journal of Social Sciences Perspectives, Online Academic Press, vol. 2(1), pages 1-37.
- Desalegne, Zelalem (2019) “Gender-based Violence and Its Associated Effects on Female Students: The Case of Gozamin and Nigus T/Haimanot Secondary Schools in the East Gojjam Administrative Zone, Ethiopia,” Journal of International Women’s Studies: Vol. 20: Iss. 7, Article 15.
- Zelalem Desalegne Basazinew (2024). Females’ Representation in Ethiopian Politics the Emperor Haile Selassie, Derg and Current Regimes, HTTPS:///AEDUCIA.ORG Indonesian Journal of Character Education Studies, 192), 2024, 117-129
Professional Network
Orcid ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5172-391X LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/zelalem-basazinew-