The African Women’s Empowerment Network was launched Tuesday in Sale, Morocco.
The objective of the Women’s Empowerment Network is to strengthen the socio-economic activity of African women through sustainable partnerships between women’s associations on the continent.
The structure was launched during an African Forum organised in the city of Sale, near Rabat, by the National Union of Moroccan Women (UNFM) under the theme “The Empowerment of African Women: A Pillar of Social Justice and Sustainable Transformation of the Continent.”
Moroccan Minister of Solidarity, Naima Ben Yahya, affirmed stakeholders that the creation of this network constitutes a lever for the empowerment of African women, contributing to the achievement of sustainable and inclusive economic and social development.
She added that “African women are not only agents of development, but also pillars of family cohesion and societal stability.”
The African Women’s Empowerment Forum provides an opportunity to reiterate commitment to women’s empowerment issues, assess achievements in various fields, identify challenges, and determine ways to address them, said Nicole Mokolo Mangaya, President of the Group of Wives of African Ambassadors to Morocco (GEAAM), emphasised that the creation of the network will help implement the recommendations of the Beijing Declaration and contribute to achieving SDG 5 on gender equality, noting that this initiative constitutes an African space for exchange, cooperation, and action for the continent’s development.
UNFM Vice-President Amina Oufroukhi, for her part, indicated that the launch of this network is part of the historic dynamic of cooperation between the union and African women’s associations, highlighting the UNFM’s role as a pioneering national actor with regional and continental influence.
The opening of the forum was marked by the signing of framework partnership agreements between the UNFM and GEAAM, aimed at strengthening cooperation in promoting women’s
empowerment on the continent.
African women still face numerous obstacles that limit their access to paid and formal employment and struggle to build stability and autonomy in their lives. Women’s economic empowerment is therefore fundamental to achieving gender equality and combating poverty.
By providing them with access to financial resources, training, and employment, women can become full-fledged players in the continent’s economic life.
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