Africa-Press – Angola. The First Lady of Angola, Ana Dias Lourenço, said in Washington DC, United States of America, that Africa can lift millions of people out of poverty, promote economic growth and attract investment by boosting the potential of women entrepreneurs with the right interventions and policies.
Speaking on a panel with African first ladies, within the framework of the US-Africa Summit, Ana Dias Lourenço considered it fundamental to reinforce support for rural women, improving the effectiveness of public policies, promoting more and better education and health, access to technologies, the creation networks to support and encourage the autonomy of these women and their children in their respective communities.
“To expand and consolidate the African single market, in addition to young people, it is crucial to have women”, said Ana Dias Lourenço.
For Ana Dias Lourenço, women entrepreneurs create job opportunities, contribute to the development of their communities and, in the medium to long term, work to improve living conditions across the African continent.
During the panel of first ladies, the role of Africa’s cultural diplomacy, the economic empowerment of African women, the importance of investing in African communities and female leadership was discussed.
The first ladies interacted with diverse political leaders, businessmen, artists, financiers, among others, representing a variety of knowledge and ideas, but sharing a common objective: to promote the sustainable development of the continent through the empowerment of women and the reduction of inequality of gender.
The event also paid tribute to the public support of the first ladies’ initiatives, by the Presidents of the Central African Republic, Faustin-Archange Touadéra, who defended the importance of girls’ and women’s access to formal education.
For his part, the President of Sierra Leone, Julius Maada Bio, condemned gender-based violence.
The event “Honoring the First Ladies of Africa” was organized by the Women United Foundation, and gathered at the Smithsonian National Museum of African Art, the Presidents of Sierra Leone and the Central African Republic, and the First Ladies of Angola, Cape Verde, Sierra Leone, Gambia, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ambassador Linda Thomas Greenfield, artists and other personalities.
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