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Hi John,

Eden Tadesse is a social entrepreneur, digital innovator, and human rights
activist from Ethiopia, and we're proud to say, a ONE activist alumni 🙌
Now, she can also add 2023 winner of the prestigious Goalkeepers Global
Goals Award to her ever-growing list!

Find out more about her incredible work [ [link removed] ]improving digital financial
inclusion for refugees and read our interview with her at the end of this
email. 

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full-time activist, or a musician, actor, writer, artist, athlete… anyone
working to make the world a better place! 

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[ [link removed] ]driving migration and instability. Climate change is a global security
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African countries to indigenous small farmers in South Africa defending
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People Changing the World: Eden Tadesse

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Can you tell us a little bit about yourself and the focus area of your
activism work?

Absolutely! I’m a proud multipotentialite, which means I have many
different intellectual and creative pursuits. I’m an entrepreneur, digital
innovator, human rights activist, writer, drummer, and coach. I’m based in
Berlin, Germany, but I’m originally from Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. 

Upholding the rights, dignity, and respect of all individuals are at the
heart of my activism. My main focus areas are: economic empowerment for
refugees; digital financial literacy; health equity; gender equality; and
youth participation in politics. I founded the impact
start-up [ [link removed] ]Invicta to support refugees with education, employment,
entrepreneurship and mental health counselling globally.

My initiatives aim to improve digital connectivity and access for
countries in the global south, and ensure refugees have a say in labour
laws that affect them. They all seek to tackle the root causes of
inequality for vulnerable, marginalised groups who are often overlooked
and/or underrepresented in politics and media. 

What is your most memorable moment as an activist?

As an undergraduate student in India, I stumbled upon a toxic language and
social sciences course with deeply sexist views embedded in its
curriculum. Hundreds of students signed up to the course every year, I was
horrified. I felt a moral obligation to take action, so I launched my
first feminist campaign. As student council president, I contacted
students asking them to sign my petition. And it worked! I handed in the
petition and an application letter to our dean and held a silent protest
outside her office for several weeks. After months of campaigning,
speaking to the local press, and mobilising student activists, I finally
got the course removed entirely. My application letter is still one of my
proudest pieces of writing and will be available on my [ [link removed] ]policy
blog soon.

Tell us about a campaign or cause that inspired you to take action

When violence erupted in Juba, South Sudan, hundreds of thousands of South
Sudanese citizens fled to neighbouring countries in need of food, shelter,
and protection. At the time, I was a 19-year-old activist living and
studying abroad. When I heard the news, I was devastated to say the least.
I decided to travel to the neighbouring region of Ethiopia-South Sudan and
lived there for a year to support refugees. It was a totally impulsive
decision that nearly cost me my full scholarship. But that’s the thing
with activism – once that ‘inner-button’ is switched on, there is no going
back! Am I right?

What was the last book that had a big impact on you and why?

‘[ [link removed] ]Frontier Justice’ by Andy Lamey was such an eye-opener for me. It
talks about historical accounts that have shaped refugee law over the last
century. It gives me lots of hope! Thanks a million to Nas and Juan (my
roommates in Doha) for gifting me this wonderful book on Valentine’s Day!

What is your favourite activism-inspired book/song/podcast/website/film or
quote?

“If to be feeling alive to the sufferings of my fellow creatures is to be
a fanatic, I am one of the most incurable fanatics ever permitted to be at
large.” - William Wilberforce



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