Nebila Abdulmelik

Nebila Abdulmelik
Born1987
NationalityEthiopian
Alma materAfrican Studies, UCLA
Occupationwomen's rights activist

Nebila Abdulmelik is an Ethiopian feminist activist and prominent women's rights activist. She was well known for spearheading the campaign #JusticeforLiz which was launched in order to seek justice for a 16 year old Kenyan girl called Liz who was brutally raped in 2013.[1] Nebila has previously served as manager of media relations at FEMNET, an institution that advocates for women's growth in Africa.[2]

  1. ^ "Trending: #JusticeforLiz and the rape that's shocked Kenya". BBC News. 2013-10-28. Retrieved 2021-08-10.
  2. ^ Ali, Nada (29 July 2015). Gender, Race, and Sudan's Exile Politics Do We All Belong to This Country?. Lexington Books. p. 177. ISBN 978-1-4985-0050-0.