Gms: Khartoum, 27 May 2015 (SUNA)
The ambassador of Zimbabwe to the Sudan, Ms. Hilda Suka-Mafudze, has conceded that the African continent faces a number of challenges that reflect negatively on women, calling for changing this reality in the 21st century.
Ambassador Suka has reaffirmed on the occasion of the day devoted to the celebrations of the Africa Day and which is devoted this year empowerment of women in the continent, that the African union is committed to the gender equality and to empowerment of women to gain her right, referring to the efforts exerted by the African union in the involvement of women I the various domains of conflict resolution and peace building.
She urged women to make use of the great number of women to effect that which will reduce war and put an end to sexual abuses, combat poverty and reduce spread of diseases, commending in her intervention to the gains made by Sudanese women who assume high constitutional posts in the country.
She stressed the need to give particular attention to young women through provision of education and rejection of marriage of minors and Female Genital Mutilation, calling on government to reconsider national policies so as to achieve equal pay for women.
Representative of the UN in Khartoum, Fatou, has congratulated Sudanese women on the Africa day and the contribution of women in the various domains, though women are still affected by poverty and by discrimination worldwide.
She said the UN backs empowerment of women and contributed in the sustainability of development to reach the most vulnerable women. She reviewed the various efforts and partnership with the Ministry of Social welfare and a number of parties concerned with the policy making on women in the Sudan.
Dr Amal Gasim Director of the Department for women and Family at the ministry of social welfare has reviewed the efforts exerted by the minister for the empowerment of women in the Sudan and the resources invested to this end.
By Mohamed Babikir
The ambassador of Zimbabwe to the Sudan, Ms. Hilda Suka-Mafudze, has conceded that the African continent faces a number of challenges that reflect negatively on women, calling for changing this reality in the 21st century.
Ambassador Suka has reaffirmed on the occasion of the day devoted to the celebrations of the Africa Day and which is devoted this year empowerment of women in the continent, that the African union is committed to the gender equality and to empowerment of women to gain her right, referring to the efforts exerted by the African union in the involvement of women I the various domains of conflict resolution and peace building.
She urged women to make use of the great number of women to effect that which will reduce war and put an end to sexual abuses, combat poverty and reduce spread of diseases, commending in her intervention to the gains made by Sudanese women who assume high constitutional posts in the country.
She stressed the need to give particular attention to young women through provision of education and rejection of marriage of minors and Female Genital Mutilation, calling on government to reconsider national policies so as to achieve equal pay for women.
Representative of the UN in Khartoum, Fatou, has congratulated Sudanese women on the Africa day and the contribution of women in the various domains, though women are still affected by poverty and by discrimination worldwide.
She said the UN backs empowerment of women and contributed in the sustainability of development to reach the most vulnerable women. She reviewed the various efforts and partnership with the Ministry of Social welfare and a number of parties concerned with the policy making on women in the Sudan.
Dr Amal Gasim Director of the Department for women and Family at the ministry of social welfare has reviewed the efforts exerted by the minister for the empowerment of women in the Sudan and the resources invested to this end.
By Mohamed Babikir
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