Cuba boosts program for women´s empowerment

Cuba continues to empower its women and complies with the agreements of the Fourth World Conference on Women, included in the Declaration and Platform for Action of Beijing, China, according to an official assessment.

The 2nd National Workshop to update the National Program for the Advancement of Women, headed by the secretary general of the Federation of Cuban Women (FMC), Teresa Amarelle, and Deputy Prime Minister Ines Maria Chapman, reached that conclusion.

Representatives of this Cuban sector talked about the advances in gender equality and in the 12 areas of Special Attention approved at the summit held in 1995 in the Asian nation.

According to FMC national secretariat member Osmayda Hernandez, this Saturday’s meeting also put into context the scope of the action plan in this area to achieve the UN Sustainable Development Goals.

They also noted progress in the fulfillment of the seven areas of the government plan for the Advancement of Women, which includes economic empowerment, prevention, social communication and decision making.

The program also considers compliance with legislation and the rights of this population group, their sexual and reproductive health and participation in research, Hernandez pointed out.

After four years of implementing the Cuban government program for the Advancement of Women, the FMC appreciates results, challenges and new goals, said Anielka Fernandez, member of the organization’s secretariat at the country level.

Meanwhile, the member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party and top leader of the union, Teresa Amarelle, urged to maintain and increase the link with the women of the federation at the grassroots to continue strengthening their autonomy in society.