Niamey, July 12, 2019 - —The financial resource mobilization round table of the Women's Empowerment and Demographic Dividend in the Sahel (SWEDD) project, under the theme, “Investing in Women's Empowerment and Human Capital as a Development Strategy for Growth,” was held on Saturday, July 6, 2019, in Niamey, Niger. Organized on the sidelines of the African Union Summit by the Ministry of Population of Niger, in collaboration with the World Bank, the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), the West African Organization for Health (WAHO) and GBCHealth, the roundtable was chaired by the President of Niger, Mahamadou Issoufou, in the presence of the First Ladies of Niger, Mali, Mauritania and Ghana, representatives of First Ladies, Prime Minister and Ministers of Niger, a dozen ministers from SWEDD countries, representatives of the delegations of the various beneficiary countries, UNFPA, the World Bank, WAHO, the West African Monetary Union (UEMOA), the private sector, and non-governmental organizations.
Before the statement of Dr. Amadou Maiga Issa Aïssata, Minister of Population of Niger, speeches were delivered by Pr Mariatou Koné, Ivorian Minister of Solidarity, Social Cohesion and the Fight against Poverty, and President of the Regional Steering Committee of SWEDD, Dr. Natalia Kanem, Executive Director of UNFPA, Ms. Joëlle Dehasse, Resident Representative of the World Bank in Niger, Prof. Stanley Okolo, Director General of WAHO and Mr. Abdoulaye Sory, President of the Regional Consular Chamber of UEMOA.
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