Given their enormous importance for inclusive and sustainable development, there is a growing understanding of the need to address gender issues; However, obstacles of various kinds remain, explained the Angolan Minister for Social Affairs, Family and Women’s Empowerment, Ana Paula do Sacramento Neto.
The headline called for analysis and drew attention to the persistence of social, economic and cultural barriers that prevent women from fulfilling their potential and participating effectively in the public life of their respective nations.
African Union (AU) official Josefa Sacko celebrated the realization of this collateral forum as the continent loses more than 35 percent of its fishing catches annually due to the precarious conditions of those who carry out the tasks, and a good portion of the damage affects women in the craft .
The contribution of African women is often not properly recognized as it takes place in the informal economy on a subsistence scale, said the AU Commissioner for Agriculture, Rural Development, Blue Economy and Sustainable Environment.
“Three continents, three oceans, one destiny shared: building a resilient and sustainable oeacp” is the motto guiding the debates of the X Summit, whose activities end tomorrow.
According to the ministerial meeting, the issues of greatest interest include the challenges related to climate change, peace, security and the international economic crisis.
The group’s Council of Ministers yesterday summarized the documents that will be submitted to leaders for consideration, including the event’s final declaration, under the heading of the Luanda Declaration.
As planned, Angola will take over the presidency of Oeacp in the next few hours for a period of three years.
During his tenure, he will work to strengthen the group’s role in the international arena and advocate for issues of peace, security, economic diversification and human rights, said Foreign Minister Téte António.
In press statements, Oeacp Secretary General Georges Rebelo Pinto Chikoti assured that there was a good atmosphere at the Council’s deliberations when it came to assessing the consensus positions in defense of solidarity, multilateralism, sustainable development and increased involvement in the world economy .
Among the relevant issues, he also mentioned the problems associated with the global food and energy crisis.
The draft statement, he confirmed, includes solidarity with Cuba, taking into account the United States’ economic, financial and trade blockade against the island.
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