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Ambassador Allen (center) the Director of the American Cultural Center (right) and Mrs. Hassane Amina Wangari (left) addresses the audience at the National Women’s Day conference
Niger Women’s Day Celebration (12 & 14 May 2008)
On May 12 the Public Diplomacy section kicked off Embassy Niamey’s celebration of Niger Women’s Day by sponsoring a Hip-Hop concert featuring one of Niger’s leading Hip-Hop artists, Princess Tifa. About 70 people, most of them young, attended the event.
In further recognition of this important day, on May 14 the Public Diplomacy section held a conference on the theme “Stakes and Perspectives of Professional and Technical Teaching for Women.” Mrs. Hassane Amina Wangari, Director of Complexe Wangari, of Niamey spoke at the conference. About 150 people attended the event, including government officials, representatives from local and international nongovernmental organizations, the media, and civil society, students, educational leaders, and human rights representatives.
Ambassador Bernadette M. Allen addressed the audience prior to the speaker’s presentation. In her speech, Ambassador encouraged efforts on behalf of girls’ education and urged women to fight for their rights.
Niger’s National Women’s Day started in May 1991 when some Nigerien women staged a march to protest the exclusion of women from the committee in charge of preparing the National Conference. As a result of the march, women were included in the National Conference and helped decide issues related to the constitution and the first free and fair democratic elections in the country.
Niger’s National Women’s Day started in May 1991, when some Nigerien women marched in protest of the exclusion of women from the committee in charge of preparing a national conference that was to help form a new government. As a result of the march, women were included in the national conference which conducted a successful a constitutional referendum, adopted key legislation, and held several free, fair, and nonviolent nationwide elections.
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| Participants at the U.S Embassy- sponsored National Women Day conference |
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| Princess Tifa performing a song during the U.S.co- sponsored National Women Day concert |
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| Princess Tifa (with blue shirt)dancing with the public during the U.S Embassy.co- sponsored National Women Day concert |
