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Grand Opening of Leather Exotica Gallery
The official opening and ribbon-cutting ceremony of the gallery of Leather Exotica, a company that produces leather goods (fashion accessories and give away items) took place on July 14, 2017, in the presence of H.E. Roman Tesfaye, the First Lady of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia (FDRE), where at this grand opening government officials, owners and managers of different companies and other invited guests were present.
Leather Exotica’s Gallery is located near Hayat Hospital, where its show room, sells facility and production space is all set at the facility within the gallery.
H.E. First Lady Roman Tesfaye cutting the ribbon with the owner: Merosn Seid
Nigest Haile Delivering her Welcoming Remarks
During the official opening, welcoming remarks was made by Mrs. Nigest Haile, Executive Director of the Center for Accelerated Women’s Economic Empowerment (CAWEE), in her remarks Mrs Nigest said that Meron started to export her products in 2015 to one of the Nordic Countries (during the trade mission
that was led by H. E. Roman, where Meron was also part of the delegation), Norway and then expanding her export base, continued to export to Finland, Netherlands and Japan.
H.E. First Lady Roman Tesfaye also delivered her remarks by congratulating Ms. Meron for her extraordinary accomplishments and in inspiring other young women to follow her
This particular meeting was the first dialogue forum, chaired by H. E. Roman, where the concerned government officials and the women in leather actively took part.
The meeting held on July 14, 2017 discussed on:
- The challenges that women in leather face in getting production space from the government and
- The problem in purchasing leather from tanneries, as most of the tanneries demand huge and bulk orders.
The concerned officials that were present during the meeting took note of the challenges that the women in leather faced and promised to take actions immediately. The meeting gave the chance for CAWEE member in the Leather Sector to share their concerns directly to those concerned government officials which was indeed a great opportunity to be heard and to find solutions. The Government officials provided up-dates, on the progresses that have been made so far.
The meeting was finalized with a concluding note made by H. E. Roman, where she underlined that; serious action needs to be taken by those concerned government officials and offices to take serious measures to support those women involved in leather.
