Africa-Press – Angola. The MPLA in Huambo province highlighted, this Saturday, the OMA contribution in the realization of the country’s challenges, from the struggle and achievement of independence, peace, consolidation of democracy and promotion of development.
The recognition was made by the secretary of the Department of Information and Propaganda of the MPLA Provincial Committee in Huambo, João Kalupeteka, while speaking, on behalf of the first secretary, Lotti Nolika, at the commemoration of the 61st anniversary of the founding of the Angolan Women’s Organization ( OMA), signed on the 10th of the current month.
The commemorative event on the 10th of January, the date of the founding of OMA, was held in the Luvili sector, Alto-Hama commune, Londuimbali municipality, 75 kilometers from the center of Huambo city.
On the occasion, the politician referred that the female branch of the MPLA has always stood out in all the historical moments of the country, making its contribution to the realization of the various challenges that the Angolan people faced, when fulfilling the most noble missions that were and have been entrusted with their political and social responsibilities.
He pointed out, among the various moments, the participation of OMA in the fight for national independence, for the preservation of territorial integrity, conquest of peace, consolidation of democracy, reconstruction and promotion of socioeconomic development.
She said that the women of this organization have been fighting on an equal footing with the men, in achieving the established objectives.
João Kalupeteka also highlighted OMA’s effort in mobilizing the electorate, on the occasion of the five electoral campaigns already held in Angola, by doing everything for the MPLA to overwhelmingly win the opponents it faced.
“The vote of the Angolan people for the MPLA is, in one way or another, the expression that these women have done a lot, not only in the field to feed their families, but, above all, in integrity, in maintaining the party so that it remains firm in its hearts of Angolans”, he said.
In turn, the acting provincial secretary of OMA in Huambo, Maria da Conceição Katuvala, reaffirmed the organization’s contribution to improving women’s well-being.
In order to achieve this aim, it listed as a strategy the commitment to empowering this social segment, through continuous technical-professional and literacy courses, with a view to raising their skills, in addition to combating domestic violence, as one of the evils that have conditioned its progress.
OMA, the Angolan Women’s Organization and the female arm of the MPLA, was founded on January 10, 1962.
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