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PREAMBLE The Oromo people have been suffering from inhuman treatment and injustice under alien rule for over a century. The Oromo women being part of the Oromo society have suffered injustices including oppressions relating to their gender which have deep cultural roots in traditional societies and therefore it is urgent that the Oromo women get organized to improve their status and become selfreliant. The human right abuse perpetrated against the Oromo people in general have been exacerbated in recent times. Due to persecution and loss of political economic social and cultural rights in Ethiopia the number of the Oromo displaced inside Oromia and Oromo refugees in Africa Europe and North America has been on the rise.