Africa-Press – Angola. The secretary general of the OMA, Joana Tomás, defended, this Monday, in Luanda, that society and academia should find and establish ways to integrate, recognize and distinguish those who stand out in the dissemination of differentiated quality knowledge. and accessible, that is not confined or capriciously closed between a few.
Joana Tomás was speaking during the opening of a roundtable on “Women, academia and development”, stressing the need to approach the theme through the role and space that women have been conquering in society.
The OMA leader highlighted the importance and role of women in the political, scientific and social dimensions, in the Angolan context. She said that questions about women are transversal to all domains of national life, especially with regard to the relevance of their intervention in the process of social, technical-scientific transformation and the way it impacts the domains of development and knowledge.
For the top leader of the women’s organization of the MPLA, the debate becomes opportune at a time of particular electoral sensitivity, conducive to the emergence and dissemination of various ideas on different topics of national life, likely to create confusion and doubts in the voter’s mind.
“For this reason, and because we want to guide the understanding and perception of Angolans, men and women, about what is at stake, we suggest this debate and reflection that will lead us to know the path and role of women in academia and development of the country”, he highlighted.
The Secretary of State for Higher Education, Eugénio da Silva, said that the presence of women in society has proved to be predominant, as they have occupied key positions. In academia, he said, they also play an important role, noting that 43 percent of the 320,000 students in higher education are women. “This demonstrates that the woman has become aware that she can train to occupy places that are deserved”, he said.
The dean of the Faculty of Engineering of the Agostinho Neto University, Alice Ceita e Almeida, said that the path of women in the Angolan academic career was gratifying, but considered that the numbers were still small in management, rectory and teaching. “It is necessary to continue to make an effort for these numbers to improve, to create conditions for them (women), once they have graduated, mastered or doctored, to remain in the academy”, she urged.
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