Welcome Statement by the President of Global Power Women Network Africa and Deputy Prime Minister to the Harare High Level Meeting – Republic of Zimbabwe
Global Power Women Network Africa in collaboration with the African Union and UNAIDS will host its inaugural summit on the 24th and 25th May 2012 in Harare, Zimbabwe. It is during this important event that in the evening of 24 May, the Global Power Women Network Africa Chapter will be officially launched. The momentous events coincide with Africa Day celebrations to buttress the importance of women and girls’ rights and empowerment.
The launch summit seeks to promote amongst other things accelerated action on gender equality and women’s sexual rights. It is an acknowledged reality that poverty and HIV have a woman face. Addressing and curbing the scourge of HIV and AIDS can be effectively done partly through resolving gender imbalances in our societies that consign women to perpetual poverty and economic subordination to their male counterparts.
We hope to use the forthcoming summit to scale up women action on key benchmarks like the Kampala Action, Maputo Action, Abuja Declaration and the Abuja Call to Action. The MDGs 4, 5 & 6 and the targets agreed during the 2011 UN High Level meeting on HIV/AIDS. Special focus will be on MDGs 1, 2 & 3. This meeting shall serve as a strategic political platform for all parties in advancing innovative game changing actions that positively impact on women and girls in Africa with “The Harare Call to Action” as a major outcome.
For this coming event our rallying call is:
Thank you,
Hon. Thokozani Khupe [MP]
Deputy Prime Minister –Republic of Zimbabwe &
President of Global Power Women Network Africa
Source-http://www.globalpowerwomennetworkafrica.org/welcome-statement-by-the-president-of-global-power-women-network-africa-and-deputy-prime-minister-to-the-harare-high-level-meeting-republic-of-zimbabwe/
The launch summit seeks to promote amongst other things accelerated action on gender equality and women’s sexual rights. It is an acknowledged reality that poverty and HIV have a woman face. Addressing and curbing the scourge of HIV and AIDS can be effectively done partly through resolving gender imbalances in our societies that consign women to perpetual poverty and economic subordination to their male counterparts.
We hope to use the forthcoming summit to scale up women action on key benchmarks like the Kampala Action, Maputo Action, Abuja Declaration and the Abuja Call to Action. The MDGs 4, 5 & 6 and the targets agreed during the 2011 UN High Level meeting on HIV/AIDS. Special focus will be on MDGs 1, 2 & 3. This meeting shall serve as a strategic political platform for all parties in advancing innovative game changing actions that positively impact on women and girls in Africa with “The Harare Call to Action” as a major outcome.
For this coming event our rallying call is:
- Zero new HIV infections
- Zero maternal and child mortality
- Zero tolerance to violence against women and girls
- Zero hunger and poverty.
Thank you,
Hon. Thokozani Khupe [MP]
Deputy Prime Minister –Republic of Zimbabwe &
President of Global Power Women Network Africa
Source-http://www.globalpowerwomennetworkafrica.org/welcome-statement-by-the-president-of-global-power-women-network-africa-and-deputy-prime-minister-to-the-harare-high-level-meeting-republic-of-zimbabwe/
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