General
Source: ANGOP
The efforts of the Angolan government, in 13 years of peace prevailing in the country, have empowered the women's emancipation, said on Sunday in Bailundo municipality, central Huambo province, the minister of Family and Women Promotion, Maria Filomena Delgado.
Speaking to the press at the end of a visit paid to the region, the minister acknowledged that in the past 13 years of peace there was a significant investment in her sector, regarding the preparation and approval of legislation and policies for the women's well-being, which was not possible in previous years due to the armed conflict.
In this regard, the official stressed the equal law on gender, the law against domestic violence, the creation of literacy programmes, academic and technical-vocational training and granting of agricultural credit to rural women, aiming to build capacity of the women and improve their living conditions.
FILOMENA DELGADO- MINISTER OF FAMILY AND WOMEN PROMOTION PHOTO: ANGOP
She also said that it is visible the Angolan government's efforts in creating spaces with a view to inclusion of women in society, taking over decision-making and leadership positions, in order to participate in public life and politics of the country.
Maria Filomena Delgado informed that by 2002 the female gender had little participation in the public life, there is now a massive presence in the state organs, such as in the National Assembly, provincial governments, municipal and communal administrations, national and provincial departments, among others.
"The gains are incalculable and will continue to do the same actions, especially for the rural women, in compliance with the recommendations from the Consultation Forum held last year", she said.
According to her, the main challenge of the ministry is the economic empowerment of women at both urban and rural area, ensuring that it is in the pipeline the National Development Plan of Families and the Programme of Support for Rural Women, as well as other social actions will be developed in the long term.
In Bailundo, the minister of Family and Women Promotion attended the opening of the agricultural campaign of the local women peasant cooperative, as well as she visited the construction works of the family counseling centre.