But they are not organised. The OLF fully recognises the Oromo women's equal rights and the importance of their political participation in the national liberation movement. I interviewed a person who had field knowledge to know if Oromo women's role is different there than we generally know here. According to my source, the OLF seems more effective in encouraging and mobilising Oromo women to participate in the struggle. Women and men have equal rights in the armed struggle.
Women participate in military medical and communication sectors.
There are also women combatants. Promotion depends both for men and women upon individual merits. However, the OLF still did not form or encourage the formation of Oromo women's organisation. At home, it is difficult to think of an independent Oromo women's organisation under the current repressive Tigrean dominated regime. But there are still a good number of active Oromo women in the Diaspora who could form such an organisation.