Ms Boemo Mmandu-Sekgoma

19 Jul

SADC PF SG: Leave no one behind

ObserverNational NewsMs Boemo Mmandu-Sekgoma, SADC Parliamentary Forum

From Moses Magadza in Malawi LILONGWE- THE Secretary General of the SADC Parliamentary Forum, Ms Boemo Mmandu-Sekgoma says there is a need to consider how to boost intra-Africa trade through the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) and ensure that African women are empowered through entrepreneurship, to tap into the envisaged economic gains. Mmandu-Sekgoma made the call in a speech at the official opening session of the 51st Plenary Assembly Session of the Forum on 11 July, 2022 in Lilongwe, Malawi. “As we empower young girls through education, women must be empowered through opportunities which are offered by an equitable…

SADC PF wants right to health enforceable

ObserverNational NewsDr Saleem Muhammad (UNAIDS) and Ms. Lilian Mworeko, Ms Boemo Mmandu-Sekgoma, SADC Parliamentary Forum, SADC PF wants right to health enforceable

Moses Magadza THE Secretary General of the SADC Parliamentary Forum, Ms Boemo Mmandu-Sekgoma has made the case for the right to health to be recognised as a justiciable one that can be enforced in the courts of law, which is not the case in most African countries. Mmandu-Sekgoma made the call when she addressed the opening session of the second continental conference on the impact of Covid-19 on HIV responses in Africa that was held in Windhoek, Namibia on 30 June, 2022. The conference was organised by the reconstituted Committee on the Protection of PLHIV under the aegis of the…