On the 10th October, 2019 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, AFUB Women Committee held their Forum to elect their leadership.
As stipulated in the constitution of the African Union of the Blind (AFUB), there was seventh ordinary Forum held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia for AFUB Women Committee. The Forum is the Sovereign body of the Women Committee which is held every four years and takes all necessary and conducive measures to discuss the achievement of the objects of the Union relating to blind and partially sighted women in Africa. The Forum of the Women serves as a platform that allows members of the committee to review progress of the Women’s activities over the past four years and elaborate plans for the next quadrennial period, as well as elect new leaders to head the Union for the ensuing quadrennial period.
Attending the seventh AFUB Women Committee Forum on 10th October 2019 in room one of Addis Intercontinental Hotel, were twenty-one delegates representing twenty-one AFUB member countries. A host of development partners, observers and visitors were also present.
Women’s election which was moved from its original date of Eighth October, 2019 took place on 10th October, before the elections of president and vice president of the union.
On the agenda for discussion and eventual adoption were minutes of the seventh women Forum, report from women president, discussions on Strategies for partnership and inclusion of women in all AFUB programmes, Women’s action plan, and ended with the election of the Chairperson and vice chairperson of the Women’s committee.
The Forum elected Eveline Angomwi from Cameroon as the Women’s chair and Ms. Eliwaja Msukuma from Tanzania as the vice-chair.
The following represent the women at the regional level: Central Africa Region-Eugenia Sacramento from Saotome and Principe, East Africa Region-Ms. Eliwaja Msukuma from Tanzania, North Africa Region-Dina Foda from Egypt, Southern Africa Region-Ms. Mabataung Khetsi from Lesotho and West Africa region-Calister Ugwuaneke from Nigeria.
AFUB acknowledges the support of its development partners including but not limited to: Swedish Association of the Visually Impaired (SRF), MyRight, Norwegian Association of the Blind and Partially Sighted (NABP), and Danish Association of the Blind (DAB), Sightsavers, World Blind Union (WBU), Africa Forum Council, African Union (AU), Africa Disability Alliance (ADA), and International Council for the Education of People with Visual Impairment (ICEVI and African Disability Forum (ADF)without whose support the General Assembly would not have been a success.
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