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Cairo Women Confab: Maryam Babangida Canvases Fresh Initiative From Louis Achi in Cairo Former first lady Maryam Babangida has taken a fresh, hard look at the subsisting developmental woes of African women and canvassed new approaches towards unshackling them from the yoke of skewed government policies, backward laws and ancient customs. The battle cry of Babangida who delivered the keynote address at the First International Conference for African Women in Development in Cairo was however received by a smaller international audience because of strict restrictions on several participating African countries by Egyptian authourities, citing last Thursday's Sinnai terrorist bombing which killed 30. Some of the countries barred include Ghana, S/Africa, Uganda and Kenya. At the confab which kicked off yesterday, organised by the African Centre for Resource Studies (ACRS), at the Heraton Heliopolis, Cairo, Babangida held that "the plight of African women has become a major part of global discussion about the future of humanity." In consonance with the theme of the conference the former first lady submitted that "we are all challenged to seek fresh approaches and to pursue new initiatives with regards to women health and their development needs. This is because whatever progress has been made remain small in relation to the magnititude of the problem as a new challenge have emerged." Canvassing restructuring of the health sector, community participation, greater education, legislative initiative, women participation in health reform, increased government commitment, Babangida stated that the main thrust of her submission pivoted on the urgent need for fresh approaches. Further identifying the need for synergy between health and education with emphasis on partnership between education systems/programmes, an increased commitment on the part of women leaders to search for solutions, she counselled that new strategies must emphasise the role of women as primary providers of health care alongside the private sector, government and NGOs. Stating that there was indeed a linkage between guaranteeing global security with assuring Africa's true development, she held that "The beauty of greater advocacy and urgent actions towards improving the health of African women is thart it is in the long term interest of the development of the continent." Who Are We ? | About THISDAYOnLine.com | THISDAY People | Contact Us © Copyright 2000 Leaders & Company Limited

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