Zambia’s Vice-President, Mrs Inonge Mutukwa Wina is tomorrow expected in New York for the 62nd Session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW).
Zambia’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Ambassador Lazarous Kapambwe has announced that Vice President Wina will lead the Zambian delegation to the annual high level meeting that will from Monday be discussing issues of gender and trhe empowerment of women in the globe development agenda.
Amb Kapambwe said Vice President Wina’s delegation to the 10 day meeting will share best practices on the international policy framework for the promotion of the welfare of women and the girl child.
The Zambian envoy to the United Nations said Mrs Wina will also hold various high level bilateral meetings including engagements with UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres, World Bank President and the UN under secretary as well as Executive Secretary for the UN women.
Amb Kapambwe said that according to latest UN statistics, 70 per cent of women are plying their skills in the agriculture sector and yet only 15 per cent are having access to financial services.
This year’s CSW theme is “Challenges and opportunities in achieving gender equality and the empowerment of rural women and girls”
Amb Kapambwe has expressed satisfaction at the preparations for the Vice-President’s scheduled participation at the 62nd Session of the Commission on the Status of Women from the 10th of march to the 18th of march 2018 in new york.
Amb Kapambwe said the CSW is significant because it is the principle platform for countries around the globe to share best practices regarding issues surrounding women.
He stated that the CSW he is provided the biggest interface where international norms and policy meant to improve the welfare of women and girls are set.
Amb Kapambwe explained that the zambian delegation will take the opportunity to indicate to the world the achievement Zambia has so far scored while at the same time sharing with other Member States the challenges the country is facing.
He stated that Zambia is going to highlight the achievements made in the fight against early marriages, campaign against gender discrimination and other vices affecting young girls.
“Zambia will co-sponsor some of the side meetings, one of which will focus on early marriages, where Her Honour the Vice President is expected to make interventions, highlighting the efforts being made to end the vice. Once a girl child is forced into early marriage, their future is curtailed,” Amb Kapambwe said.
Some of the jhigh level meeting Her Honour the Vice President is expected to attend include one themed ‘the voice of rural women for sustainable and healthy future”, which will be co-hosted by the permanent missions of zambia and Italy as well as attend a meeting that will focus on increasing women’s access to financial products.
A meeting on accelerating efforts to end child marriage and female genital mutilation (FGM) will be held and will be co-hosted by Zambia and Burkina Faso, in partnership with UNICEF, UNFPA, and UN Women.
The Old Hen Inonge has to fly out for this!!
truly what does she now to speak among leader? A community college graduate with less intelligence than the president and wynter combined. No wynter is the most ignorant of them all.
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LOL…so funny guys.
The PS in the vice president office need to travel for this meeting Bo inonge is tired she hasnt even rested from the Ethiopia meeting, remmber she is OLD and at her age she doesnt even feel the need to talk about WOMEN WHEN herself she is like a man
She has to fill in for one who’d really have loved to travel but for the reaction by the public grandmother has to for who’d want to disparage an elderly woman?
Just another shopping trip.
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Ur excellency begining of this year i wrote a letter seeking help with college funds to the first lady incuded also was the start date of my program and its been over three months no response meanwhile you pipo say you are empowering ladies, i have hence opted to start a fundraiser if anyone can help me share and donate i will be highly grateful *******