Africa-Press – Angola. The Angolan Parliament guarantees that it will make efforts to implement the Internal Plan of Recommendations of the 54th Plenary Session of the Parliamentary Forum of the Southern African Development Community (SADC), held last year in the city of Port Louis, Mauritius, said yesterday in Luanda, the representative of Angola, Ruth Adriano Mendes.
In her honorary capacity, the MP, who presented the report on the progress of the previous forum, said, on the sidelines of the 55th Plenary Session of the SADC Parliamentary Forum (FP-SADC), that Angola will continue to maintain its commitment, as a member of the organization, to give “body” to the responsibilities assumed, with a view to the economic and social integration of the countries in the region.
“Through its internal policy, Angola continues to ensure the implementation of actions resulting from the commitments of SADC Member States, regarding the fulfillment of regional integration goals. Therefore, the implementation of measures resulting from the decisions and recommendations of the Plenary Assembly of the Parliamentary Forum represents a decisive process, to guarantee the integration of the countries of the region”, he assured.
During the presentation of the report on progress achieved with the implementation of the resolutions of the 54th Plenary Assembly, the president of the 2nd Specialized Working Committee of the Angolan Parliament recalled that resolutions were approved urging member states to adopt a set of measures of a diverse nature, to reinforce the regional integration objectives of the community countries, with a view to the sustainable development of Southern Africa.
In this sense, Ruth Adriano Mendes highlighted that Angola continues to implement programs and projects that aim to progressively harmonize the political, economic and social order of the SADC countries, within the framework of regional cooperation and integration, with efforts to achieve regional integration goals as a priority.
In view of this, he stressed that the country has ensured the acceleration of the implementation of policies, protocols, agreements, resolutions and recommendations of community actions, in various areas, reinforcing that the Government remains firmly committed to implementing the internal order of SADC decisions.
Actions implemented
Ruth Adriano Mendes presented some of the actions implemented by Angola, within the framework of the recommendations of the 54th Plenary Assembly of the SADC Parliamentary Forum, held last year.
The parliamentarian highlighted the ongoing work to create bills whose main focus is children, such as the Children’s Parliament, the national early childhood policy and its implementation plan, in awareness-raising actions through the National Children’s Institute (INAC), the National Council for Social Action and the Municipalization of the 11 Commitments.
According to the Angolan MP, the implementation of the aforementioned actions also aims to eradicate child marriage and protect children who are victims of this serious social problem. Regarding the mechanisms that promote women’s participation in politics, she stressed that decision-making in Angola is based on the principle of gender equity and equality, which is expressed in Presidential Decree No. 222/13 of 24 December, linked to the Constitution of the Republic (CRA), as a basic instrument for methodological guidance, at all levels, to promote women’s participation in decision-making bodies.
“For example, the position of Vice-President of the Republic is held by a woman, of the three Ministers of State one is a woman and, in the Central Government, of the 23 ministries, eight are headed by women, making a total of 39 percent. At the level of Secretaries of State, of the 49 existing, 11 positions are occupied by women. In the provincial governments, of the 18 provinces in the country, four women are governors”, highlighted Ruth Adriano Mendes.
Regarding recommendations regarding gender equality and women’s empowerment, she explained that the Ministry of Social Action, Family and Women’s Promotion signed a protocol with the National Bank of Angola (BNA) in the area of education and financial inclusion of women, so that they can manage businesses on an equal footing with men.
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