Fostering Women’s Potentials: First Spouses Agree to Push Forward
Cameroon’s First Spouse, Mrs Chantal Biya during a day-long spousal programme, which was part of the U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit events held at the John F. Kennedy Center down town
Washington D.C, on Wednesday August 6, 2014 completely agreed that, “Instead of being worried about her husband's political future, taking care of women is good politics."
For
over eight hours, Mrs Biya together with some 30 other African First
Ladies, alongside the First Lady of the United States of America (USA),
Michelle Obama and the Former First Spouse of USA, Laura Bush discussed
how their role as First Spouse can play a deal in addressing the gender
inequality problems women face around the globe.
During
the first half of the symposium which focused on, “Education: Creating
Opportunities and Investing in the Next Generation of Women Leaders,”
the First Spouses noted that although research shows that giving girls a
quality education has tremendous multiplying effects for families,
communities, societies, and the world for all generations, in 47 out of
54 African countries, girls have less than a 50 percent chance of
completing primary school because of various reasons such as child
marriage, trafficking and the undue burden that HIV and other diseases
place on female headed households. Through panelist discussion, the
Ladies spotlighted transformative education interventions and programmes
for women and girls and the benefits of education to them, their
families and their nations. The women also employed public-private
partnership models, cross-sector collaborations and technology to
improve access to educational opportunities for girls.
In the
second phase of the meeting which stressed on; “Fostering Women’s
Economic Participation and Promoting Healthy Lives through Technology
and Training,” panelists sort ways to effectively improve the lives of
women through entrepreneurship to advance Africa’s development.>>>
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