Africa-Press – Angola. The president of the National Assembly (AN), Carolina Cerqueira, defended this Monday, in Luanda, the union of the female parliamentary class in the fight for their rights, social justice, peace and democracy in the world.
Carolina Cerqueira was speaking at the opening of the panel meeting of women parliamentarians, within the framework of the 147th General Assembly of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (UIP), which the country hosts from the 23rd to the 27th of this month and whose opening takes place this evening, in Luanda Bay.
He referred to the various conflicts in the world and drew attention to the promotion of social well-being, as conflicts are a threat to peace, human dignity, stability, security and the development of States.
According to the leader of the Angolan House of Laws, women, on all continents and at all levels, have a voice against atrocities and in favor of global peace, which must be expressed and heard, which leads to equal opportunities and through cry for an end to conflicts and the escalation of war that “scares” the 21st century.
He highlighted the importance of the role of parliamentarians in defending the “binom of justice and peace”, and hoped that the participants in the 147th meeting of the IPU will make the necessary contribution to increasing their affirmation in this sense.
“We must be united by parliamentary action in defense of peace, justice, human dignity, talk about youth, the opportunities that our countries must provide through education, technical and technological training, especially young women”, he highlighted .
Carolina Cerqueira hoped that a firm voice would emerge from the meeting so that parliamentary action involves everyone in defending climate change, which is not harmful to sustainable development, the negative effects of the energy crisis, food and nutritional security, taking into account the effects of hunger worldwide.
He highlighted the importance of parliamentarians in joint and dynamic action in favor of peace and justice, mentioning that it is generally the female class, together with children, who in armed conflicts are exposed to vulnerability resulting from the most harmful and inhumane effects.
For this reason, he cited, as an example, the situation in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), in the north of Mozambique and the escalation of conflicts in Europe and the Middle East, where a major humanitarian crisis is affecting the world.
In this context, it advocates that the legal systems of countries around the world take greater care of equal rights, opportunities and effective equity for women, as well as aggravate crimes against their rights and those of children, against domestic violence and against minors.
On the other hand, the president of the National Assembly was pleased with the fact that the race for the presidency of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (UIP) involves four women, a point which is clear that there will be a woman in the leadership of the institution for the next three years, and appealed to the class knows how to honor democracy.
“May consultation and dialogue lead us to a term of responsibility and assumption of our choice, always defending the dignified and highest values of democracy”, he asserted.
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