Africa-Press – Angola. The Vice-President of the Republic, Esperança da Costa, addressed this Wednesday, in Luanda, the threats arising from climate change, in order to mitigate its effects in Southern Africa.
Esperança da Costa spoke on the subject when receiving the Namibian deputy minister of Gender Equality, Eradication of Poverty and Well-Being and representative of the Pan-African Organization of Women (OPM) in Namibia, Bernadette Maria Jagger, and the secretary general of Women’s Organization and OPM representative in Mozambique, Mariazinha Muquiesse.
The two representatives are in Angola to participate in the first regional conference on climate change, taking place on Thursday, under the motto “the resilience of African women: the contribution of the agriculture sector to adaptation to climate change”, in an initiative of the OPM General Secretariat.
Speaking to the press, at the end of the courtesy meeting, Bernadette Jagger said that she discussed, with the Angolan Vice-President, issues such as mitigating the threats arising from climate change.
“As part of the conference we are promoting in Angola, this is a unique opportunity for us, as women, to debate these issues related to the climate. Because of climate change, we are identifying similar problems among countries in southern Africa and looking for ways we can solve them more precisely,” she said.
According to the official, in Namibia, women are also very engaged in resolving issues arising from climate change.
On the issue of gender equality, the Deputy Minister of Gender Equality, Poverty Eradication and Welfare of Namibia suggested that women are very committed to equal treatment, demonstrating their skills and abilities.
For her part, the secretary general of the Women’s Organization and OPM representative in Mozambique, Mariazinha Muquiesse, thanked Angola for the support and expressed willingness to exchange experiences with other countries, in the sense of seeking solutions to mitigate this phenomenon.
“Each one has a type of phenomenon that afflicts him. Some are droughts, others are cyclones, floods or windstorms and, therefore, we want to exchange experiences to mitigate this situation”, he stressed.
Reiterating that Mozambique in recent years has suffered from floods and floods, despite the efforts of the Government of this African country, Mariazinha Muquiesse said that climate change affects the whole world.
On the other hand, the Mozambican representative spoke of the need to combat domestic violence, as an evil that afflicts families.
The conference will be held at the Armed Forces Museum, with the participation of the Vice-President of the Republic, Esperança da Costa.
The Pan-African Women’s Organization integrates 55 countries on the continent, has worked with the African Union, thus influencing the implementation of the status of women on the continent and the Maputo Protocol, which deals with women’s empowerment.
Among other actions, OPM proposes to support African women who are victims of political conflicts, to ensure the defense and protection of girls and victims of terrorism and armed conflicts.
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