The Sahrawi women took part in the 2nd Committee specialized on gender equality and the empowerment of women in Addis Ababa

Addis Ababa, Dec. 3, 2017 (SPS) the SG of the National Union of women Sahrawis (UNFS), fatma Elmehdi will take part, in his capacity as vice-president of the economic and Social Council, to the 2nd Committee specialized African Union (CTS) on gender equality and the empowerment of women to be held on Monday in Addis Ababa at the level of experts before the ministerial meeting on 7 and 8 December, the African Union said.
The CTS will meet at the experts level on December 4 and 6, and will be followed by the ministerial meeting on 7 and 8 December.
Ministers of the AU in charge of the gender and women's Affairs and the experts (senior officials), including a delegation of the Saharawi democratic Arab Republic (Sadr), will participate in the work.
Media representatives are invited to cover the opening ceremony of the ministerial meeting in the conference room medium of the headquarters of the Commission of the African Union in Addis Ababa (Ethiopia), the AU said on its official website.
The overall objective of the second CTE on GEWE, organized by the AU Commission through his leadership of women, gender and development (WGDD), will be to present to the review, adoption and the decisions of Ministers the work of the AU on the equality of the sexes and the empowerment of women, including on the new strategy kind of AU