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Black Tie International Magazine:
Africa Open
for Business
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AFRICA OPEN
FOR BUSINESS
Economic Empowerment of Women
Through the
AFRICAN CONTINENTAL
FREE TRADE AREA
Trusteeship Chamber, United Nations, NYC |
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George
Nongola Ntalaia
Amb: Democratic Republic of the Congo
Constance Newman
Amb. Cheikh Niang
Pres. Djibril Diallo
Amb. Hilda Suka-Mafudze
VP. Epsy Campbell Barr
Sharon Cumber Batch
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Gordon
Tapper,
Treasurer & Board Member
African Renaissance Diaspora Network, Inc |
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Holmes
Stoner,
Founder of Pacific Rim Chamber of Commerce
Dr. Ugoji A. Eze, Esq ,
CEO and President of Renew Our Earth
Olympia Gellini,
Founder, The Family Film Awards
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Dr Jeannie Yi,
CEO of DYF Entertainment
& Co-Executive Producer of
The Family Film Awards
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Djibril Dallo
President & CEO
African Renaissance and Diaspora Network, Inc
Olympia Gellini,
Founder, The Family Film Awards
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Andres
Aquino,
Founder of Couture Fashion Week |
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Shunan
Hiu |
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Stefania Brunettis,
Former Miss Columbia,
Founder AXSS PR Firm
Veronica Sabbag
Founder and Director
United Voices 4Peace
Andres Aquino,
Founder of Couture Fashion Week |
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Nakisha Johnson,
Jamaica,
Jameelah Rose Lineses, Philippines
Farzana Kutub, Kuwait
Miss Immigrant USA co-founder
Magdalena Kulisz, Poland.
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Olympia Gellini,
Founder, The Family Film Awards
Miss Immigrant USA co-founder
Magdalena Kulisz, Poland.
Prof. Xia
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Farzana Kutub, Kuwait
Holmes Stoner,
Founder of Pacific Rim Chamber of Commerce
Miss Immigrant USA co-founder
Magdalena Kulisz, Poland.
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Holmes Stoner,
Founder of Pacific Rim Chamber of Commerce
Stefania Brunettis,
Former Miss Columbia,
Founder AXSS PR Firm
Veronica Sabbag
Founder and Director
United Voices 4Peace
Robert Slaughter |
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Nakisha Johnson,
Jamaica,
Jameelah Rose Lineses, Philippines
Farzana Kutub, Kuwait
Miss Immigrant USA co-founder
Magdalena Kulisz, Poland.
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Olympia Gellini,
Founder, The Family Film Awards
Dr Jeannie Yi,
CEO of DYF Entertainment
& Co-Executive Producer of
The Family Film Awards
Holmes Stoner,
Founder of Pacific Rim Chamber of Commerce
Gerard Mc Keon
Publisher
Black Tie International Magazine |
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Africa Open for Business |
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ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT OF WOMEN THROUGH AFCFTA
Thursday, 29 September 2022,
3:00pm New York Time,
Conference Room 3, United Nations Headquarters in New York
INTRODUCTION
Africa is a continent of hope and promise, blessed with an
abundance of human and natural resources and possessing
myriad unique cultures, customs and traditions.
Africa, as a crucible for innovation and growth in business,
trade and development, has the potential to be at the
forefront of a paradigm shift – business models that provide
a solid return on investments, sustainably, while
safeguarding our planet and people, upholding human dignity,
and respecting the rule of law.
In 2019, the African Continental Free Trade Agreement,
establishing the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA),
entered into force. AfCFTA is playing an important role in
transforming how Africa does business, internally and
internationally, and builds confidence amongst foreign
investors and trading partners.
However, regardless of the opportunities, wealth, and other
economic and other benefits that AfCFTA will bring, AfCFTA
will be a moral failure if these benefits are not shared
equitably with women and girls.
Women, who constitute a major part of the informal economy, are burdened
by systematic and patriarchal norms, including the inability
to own or inherit land, or to access financial and other
resources.
Women and girls continue to face physical and other threats
to their health, safety, and mental and bodily wellbeing and
autonomy. These have all severely impaired their ability to
achieve economic independence and empowerment.
Therefore, as intercontinental and intracontinental commerce
develops through AfCFTA, it is imperative to ensure that
women are not left behind. Women must have real
representation and voice in its implementation, and must not
be unfairly burdened in reaping its benefits.
Next year will mark the
75th anniversary of the Universal Declaration on Human
Rights,
which promises that
“All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and
rights,”
As the implementation of AfCFTA unfolds, we must seize this
opportunity to ensure that the dignity, freedom and equality
promised to women and girls are not just their stated
rights,
but rather their actual realities.
If properly implemented, AfCFTA has the potential to be a
vector for achieving a better, more equitable world, for all.
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