On 29
January 2009 in Addis
Ababa, on the margins of
the 12th African
Union Summit, the
Selection Committee of
the African Gender
Award, chaired by Ms. Bineta
Diop in the
absence of Hon.
Ambassador Gertrude
Mongella,
President of Pan African
Parliament, elected His
Excellency President
Armando Guebuza of
the Republic of
Mozambique to receive
the 2009 African
Gender Award.
To follow the previous
recipients of the
African Gender Award, President
Abdoulaye Wade of
Senegal, President
Thabo Mbeki of
South Africa (2005),
President Paul Kagame of
Rwanda (2007), President
Guebuza’s
election was guided by
specific criteria and
indicators designed to
monitor the
implementation of the
Solemn Declaration on
Gender Equality in
Africa (SDGEA) adopted
by the Assembly of Heads
of State and Government
of the Third Ordinary
Session of the African
Union in Addis Ababa in
July 2004. Full
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AWARD
2009 - Field Visit to the
Recipient Country
Following
Mozambique election, and
in preparation of the
African Gender Award
Ceremony the
Selection Committee was
invited to an audience
with the President
Guebuza on August 28th
2009. A
Delegation of the
Committee was set up to
organize a field
visit to Maputo to
offer their
personal congratulations
to H.E. President
Armando Guebuza for
his election as
recipient of
the 2009 Award.
The
Delegation to Maputo was
composed of :
- Mr. Ayodele
Aderinwale,
Executive Director, Africa
Leadership Forum, Nigeria;
- Ms. Bineta Diop,
Executive Director, Femmes
Africa Solidarité;
- Ms. Codou Diaw,
Executive Director, Forum
for African Women
Educationalists (FAWE),
Kenya;
- Mr. Vasu Gounden,
Founder and Executive
Director, African Centre
for the Constructive
Resolution of Disputes,
South Africa.
The Delegation was hosted
by Honorable
Madam Graça Machel,
President of Foundation
for Community Development
(FDC). Despite the fact
that H.E Madame Graça
Machel was not present but
she committed her staff in
particular Ms Marta Cumbi
and Valuarda Monjane in
the preparation of the
event. Full
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